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SPLEEN

Act as a filter of your blood. It recognizes and removes old malformed and damaged red blood cells

PANCREAS

IT FUNCTION AS ENDOCRINE AND EXOCRINEL

Liver

Removes toxics from the body’s blood supply.

helps in digestion (makes pancreatic juices called enzymes- break down sugars, fats and starch)

Exocrine

regulates sugar level

Endocrine

regulates sugar level

Endocrine

Pancreas pathologies seen on ultrasound.

Acute/chronic pancreatitis


Pancreatic cyst


Pancreatic cancer

Measurement of the Pancreas

Head <3 cm


Body <2.5 cm


Tail < 2.0 cm

AORTA

Major blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart and out to the rest of the body.

AORTA

Major blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart and out to the rest of the body.

Measurement of the Aorta

more than 1.5 cm and not less than 3 cm

AORTA

Major blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart and out to the rest of the body.

Measurement of the Aorta

more than 1.5 cm and not less than 3 cm

Aorta Pathology

Abdominal Aortic aneurysm


Aotic dissection

fist-sized organ in the upper left side of your abdomen, next to your stomach and behind your left ribs.

Spleen

fist-sized organ in the upper left side of your abdomen, next to your stomach and behind your left ribs.

Spleen

Measurement of the Spleen

Length- 12 cm


Width- 5cm


Depth (ap) 7 cm

fist-sized organ in the upper left side of your abdomen, next to your stomach and behind your left ribs.

Spleen

Measurement of the Spleen

Length- 12 cm


Width- 5cm


Depth (ap) 7 cm

Spleen Pathology

Splenomegaly- enlargement


Hypersplenism- overactive- removes the blood cells too early or too quickly


Splenic rupture

Largest solid organ in the body

Liver

maintains healthy blood sugar levels

Liver

Pancreas other function

Plays an essential role in converting the food we eat intonfuel for our body’s cell

Normal liver span

16 cm

Liver Pathology

Tumors


Cysts


Abscesses


Cirrhosis, hepatitis, liver camcer


Hepatomegaly


Portal hypertension (increased pressure in the liver)

The main vessel of portal venous system, which drains the blood from the gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, pancreas, and spleen to the liver. GGPSL There are several variants affecting the portal vein, and quite a number of congenital and acquired pathologies.

PORTAL VEIN

Portal vein

Main vessel of portal venous system, which drains the blood from the gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen to the liver.

The main vessel of portal venous system, which drains the blood from the gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, pancreas, and spleen to the liver. GGPSL There are several variants affecting the portal vein, and quite a number of congenital and acquired pathologies.

PORTAL VEIN

Portal vein

Main vessel of portal venous system, which drains the blood from the gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen to the liver.

Carries oxygen-depleted blood from the liver to the inferior vena cava.

Hepatic Veins

The main vessel of portal venous system, which drains the blood from the gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, pancreas, and spleen to the liver. GGPSL There are several variants affecting the portal vein, and quite a number of congenital and acquired pathologies.

PORTAL VEIN

Portal vein

Main vessel of portal venous system, which drains the blood from the gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen to the liver.

Carries oxygen-depleted blood from the liver to the inferior vena cava.

Hepatic Veins

Hepatic Veins

Carries oxygen-depleted blood from the liver to the inferior vena cava. They also transport blood that has been drained to the colon,pancreas, small intestine and the stomach and cleaned by the liver.

A tube that carries a bile from the liver and the gallbladder through the pancreas and into the duodenum (the upper part of small intestine).

CBD

Common Biliary Duct

A tube that carries a bile from the liver and the gallbladder through the pancreas and into the duodenum (the upper part of small intestine).

Kidney function

Removes waste and extra fluid from your body. Also, it removes acid.

Kidney Pathology

Cysts


Tumors


Abscess


Obstruction


Fluid collection


Calculi ( stones)

Kidney is smaller than normal

Kidney atrophy

Kidney Measurement

Not less than 9 cm not more than 12 cm

CBD measurement

.06

Small pear-shaped organ that stores and releases bile.

Gallbladder

Bile

is the fluid your liver produces that helps digest fats in the food we eat

Gallbladder measurement

approximately 8 cm long and 2.5 cm wide

Gallbladder Pathology

Gallstones


Cholecystitis

Hard, pebble-like structures that obstruct the cystic duct

Gallstones

It presents itself as either acute or chronic inflammation of the gallbladder

Cholecystitis

2 Parts of the gallbladder

Neck


Fundus

Gallbladder fasting

6-8 hrs