Abdomen Binder ARDMS
Abdomen Board
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Questions and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
Denning [Date] [Course title]
,What does each segment of the liver have - Answer: Its own
- portal vein
- hepatic artery
- bile duct
What are the three lobes of the liver - Answer: Right
Left
Caudate
How is the right lobe of the liver divided - Answer: Anterior and posterior segments
How is the left lobe of the liver divided - Answer: Medial and lateral
The medial segment used to be called the quadrate lobe
Caudate lobe - Answer: - lies on posterior superior surface of the liver between the IVC and the medial
left lobe
- supplied blood from branches of left and right portal venous and hepatic arterial systems
- drained by small emissary veins which enter directly into the IVC
What is the segmental anatomy based on - Answer: Distribution of the portal veins
How do the hepatic veins divide the liver - Answer: Longitudinally into 4 sections. Each section is then
divided transversely by an imaginary plan through the right and left portal veins
- segment 1: caudate lobe
- segment 2: left lateral superior
- segment 3: left lateral inferior
- segment 4a: left medial superior
- segment 4b: left medial inferior
,- segment 5: right anterior inferior
- segment 6: right posterior inferior
- segment 7: right posterior superior
- segment 8: right anterior superior
Blood supply to right lobe of liver - Answer: Right portal vein
Blood supply to the left lobe of the liver - Answer: Left portal vein
Blood supply to the caudate lobe of the liver - Answer: Right and left portal veins
Intersegmental / hepatic veins - Answer: - hepatic veins course between the lobes and segments,
interlobar and intersegmental
- the hepatic veins have NON echogenic walls
Intrasegmental / portal triad - Answer: - the vessels of the portal triad course to the center of each
segment (intrasegmental)
- the portal triad is encased by a fibrofatty sheath /Glisson's capsule giving it hyperechoic walls
Vessels in the portal triad - Answer: - main portal vein
- prior hepatic artery
- common hepatic duct
Main lobar fissure - Answer: - divides right and left hepatic lobes by an oblique plane between the
inferior vena cava and the gallbladder fossa
- low velocity continuous flow toward the liver with mild undulations. Flow velocity can increase after
eating
- the main portal vein is a vessel of the portal triad along with the common hepatic ducts and the
hepatic artery proper
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