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35 Cards in this Set
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Where is the liver located |
Right upper abdominal quadrant immediately inferior to the diaphragm. |
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Lobes of the liver |
Right & left |
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Ligament in the middle of the liver, separates the lobes |
Falciform ligament |
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Two minor lobes of the liver, sort of protrude anteriorly and posteriorly |
Caudate lobe Quadratus lobe |
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Structure next to the quadrate lobe |
Gallbladder |
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Structure adjacent to the caudate lobe |
Inferior vena cava |
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Remnant of fetal umbilical vein |
Round ligament of the liver (ligamentum teres) |
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Region where all the blood vessels and lymph and stuff go into the liver |
Hilum of the liver. (Nowadays they say “porta hepatis” more often) |
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Vessels that make up the porta hepatis |
Common bile duct Hepatic portal vein Hepatic artery proper |
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“Hepatic” means |
Liver |
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Common bile duct |
Appears green on the model, leaves from the gallbladder |
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Location and function of the gallbladder. |
Small saclike organ that stores bile, anterior aspect of liver. |
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Dome shaped part of the gallbladder |
Fundus |
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Ducts from the gallbladder that enter the liver |
Left and right hepatic ducts |
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Thin superior part of gallbladder |
Neck |
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Main part of gallbladder |
Body |
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Structure fills and drains the gallbladder |
Cystic duct |
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When the cystic duct meets the common hepatic duct |
Common bile duct |
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Where the right and left hepatic ducts meet |
Common hepatic duct |
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Collection of the hepatic ducts and all that |
Billiary tree/apparatus |
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Retroperitoneal organ underneath the stomach, has both endocrine and exocrine functions, from the duodenum all the way to the spleen |
Pancreas |
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Fat part of the pancreas |
Head |
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Structure where pancreatic juice and bile enter the duodenum |
Major duodenal papilla |
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Location of the spleen |
Upper left quadrant (left hypochondriac region) Lateral to the superior aspect of the stomach, and inferior to the diaphragm |
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Region of the spleen where the blood vessels enter |
Hilum |
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Organ of the abdomen that has major lymphatic functions and breaks down red blood cells |
Spleen |
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Bulk part of the spleen |
Body |
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Portion of the pancreas that approaches the spleen |
Tail |
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Part of the pancreas that drains pancreatic juice and bicarbonate to the duodenum |
Pancreatic duct |
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System of ducts carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the duodenum |
Biliary apparatus |
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Structures that drain bile from the left and right lobes of the liver |
Left and right hepatic ducts |
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Left and right hepatic ducts merge to form this structure |
Common hepatic duct |
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Structure carries bile from the gallbladder |
Cystic duct |
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Cystic duct and common hepatic duct merge to form this structure |
Common bile duct |
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Enlargement in the posterior abdominal wall where the common bile duct and pancreatic duct merge |
Hepatopancreatic ampulla |