LIVER ANATOMY
WHAT QUADRANT IS THE LIVER LOCATED AT IN THE ABDOMEN?
RUQ
THE LIVER LIES INFERIOR TO THE _______.
DIAPHRAGM
WHAT IS PRODUCED IN THE LIVER?
BILE--BILE IS STORED IN THE GALLBLADDER.
THE LIVER RECEIVES BLOOD FROM THE ______?
MAIN PORTAL VEIN
THE LIVER CAN REGENERATE ITSELF?
TRUE
HOW MANY LOBES DOES THE LIVER HAVE?
4-RIGHT/LEFT/CAUDATE/QUADRATE
THE PANCREAS IS LOCATED WHERE IN RELATION TO THE LEFT LOBE OF THE LIVER?
INFERIORO
T/F-THE PRIMARY FUNCTIONS OF THE LIVER INCLUDE METABOLISM, DIGESTION, STORAGE, AND DETOXIFICATION?
TRUE
PORTAL VEINS CARRY BLOOD FROM THE GI TRACT TO THE _________.
PORTAL VENOUS SYSTEM
THE LIVER IS APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE OF A ________________ ?
FOOTBALL
NAME THE LIGAMENTS OF THE LIVER (THERE ARE 6).
1. LIGAMENTUM TERES
2. ALCIFORM LIGAMENT
3. LIGAMENTUM VENOSUM
4. CORONARY LIGAMENT
5. LEFT TRIANGULAR LIGAMENT
6. RIGHT TRIANGULAR LIGAMENT
THE RIGHT KIDNEY, IVC, AND AORTA LIE ______ TO THE LIVER.
POSTERIOR
BILE TRAVELS FROM THE LIVER TO THE GALLBLADDER VIA THE _________ .
HEPATIC DUCTS
HEPATIC VEINS DRAIN BLOOD FROM THE LIVER INTO THE ________.
IVC
HOW MUCH DOES THE LIVER WEIGH?
1200-1600 GRAMS IN THE ADULT
THE RIGHT LOBE IS _ TIMES LARGER THAN THE LEFT LOBE.
SIX
THE LIVER LIES _____________ TO THE GALLBLADDER.
SUPERIOR
AMMONIUM IS CONVERTED TO UREA IN THE LIVER AND ELIMATED FROM THE BODY BY THE ______ ?
KIDNEYS
HEPATIC ARTERIES DELIVER OXYGENATED BLOOD FROM THE AORTA TO THE __________.
LIVER
BILE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE _________ COLOR OF OUR STOOL.
BROWN
THE LIVER IS SURROUNDED BY _____________ _____________ ?
IS THE LIVER A PERIOTONEAL OR RETROPERITONEAL ORGAN?
PERITONEAL
IN THE LIVER, FATS ARE CONVERTED TO ___________.
LIPOPROTEINS
IF BLOOD CANNOT FLOW PROPERLY INTO THE LIVER ________________________ DEVELOPS.
PORTAL VEIN HYPERTENSION
THE LIVER PRODUCES _________ AND CHEMICALS THAT HELP TO FORM BLOOD CLOTS.
ENZYMES