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Describe location of the liver

between diaphragm and viscera; should not extend past costal arch;

the liver is palpable when it is enlarged. What is the term for an enlarged liver?


what are the six lobes of the lungs?

right lateral, right medial, left lateral, left medial, quadrate, caudate

what is found in the right medial lobe?

fossa for gall bladder

narrow, wedged between R &L medial lobes; contacts gall bladder

quadrate lobe

what part of caudate lobe contains the renal impression for the R kidney

Caudate process

which part of the caudate lobe lies along the lesser curvature of the stomach?

papillary process

list 6 peritoneal attachments (ligaments)

coronary, triangular, falciform, round, hepatogastric, hepatoduodenal

between liver and diaphragm, encircles cadal ven cava and hepatic veins

coronary ligament

two ligaments (R&L), between lateral lobes and crura of diaphragm

triangular ligaments

from umbilicusto diaphragm, in adult contains fat

falciform ligament

free edge of falciform ligament, remnant of umbilical vein

round ligament

to lesser curvature of stomach

hepatogastric ligament

to proximal duodenum

hepatoduodenal ligament

gall bladder

stores and concentrates bile

located between right medial and quadrate lobes

gall bladder

where is the cystic duct coming from?

gall bladder

where do the hepatic ducts come from?

liver lobes

the combonation of the cystic ducts with the hepatic ducts yields what?

bile duct

the bile duct and the pancreatic duct empty into the _______ and on the ___________

descending duodenum; major duodenal papilla

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