Anatomy
This is the ligament separating the caudate and left lobes
What is ligamentum venosum?
THIS IS THE FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF THE LIVER
What is the lobule?
This is the direction of flow of the main portal vein
What is hepatopedal?
This is the most common benign lesion of the liver
What is hemangioma?
This is the end stage of cirrhosis' disease process
What is portal hypertension?
This is the lobe that contains hepatic segment 8.
What is the right lobe?
This is the vein which the portal system flows into within each lobule.
What is the central vein?
**DAILY DOUBLE**
This is a potential collateral pathway in the liver that communicates with the left portal vein
What is the patent umbilical vein, or ligamentum teres
**DAILY DOUBLE**
This is the echogenicity of areas of focal fatty sparing
Hypoechoic
This is the shunt used to treat portal hypertension
What is TIPS?
These are the structures that make up the portal triad.
MPV, CHA, and CBD
This is the lab value most specific for liver disease
What is alanine aminotransferase (ALT)?
This is the type of waveform seen in the portal vein.
What is phasic?
This is the name of hepatic vein thrombosis.
What is Budd-Chiari Syndrome?
This is the most common cause of cirrhosis
What is hepatitis?
This is the large vessel that lies along the posterior surface of the liver.
What is the IVC?
This is the function of the liver which converts sugars into glucose.
What is metabolism?
These are the vessels that join to create the portal vein.
What are the SMV and splenic vein?
This is the most common malignancy in the liver
What is metastasis?
This is the most common connection of the TIPS shunt.
What is RPV to RHV?
This is the connective tissue covering of the liver.
What is Glisson's capsule?
This is the indicated disease process with an increase in direct bilirubin.
What is biliary obstruction?
This is the most likely vessel associated with a high resistance, pulsatile waveform.
What is hepatic artery?
This is the "cyst within a cyst" seen most commonly in sheepherding areas of the world
What is echinococcal cyst?
This is the type of hepatitis seen most commonly in developing countries.
What is hepatitis A?