Sectional Quiz 5

Exam review

What are the parenchymal cells of the liver?

Hepatocytes

What technique may the sonographer employ to help visualize the fundus of a gallbladder that is obscured by bowel gas?

Change the patient’s position or angle the transducer

Which term indicates the part of the liver where the portal vein and hepatic artery enter the liver and the common bile duct exists the liver?

Portal hepatis

What sonographic landmarks are used to locate the pancreas?

Blood vessels

What ligament is used to define the caudate lobe of the liver?

Ligamentum venosum

What structure connects the gallbladder to the common hepatic duct?

Cystic duct

How many vascular networks are within the liver?

3

What are the two small, circular, anechoic structures located in the head of the normal pancreas?

GDA, CBD

Which hormone stimulates the gallbladder to contract and the sphincter of Oddi to relax?

Cholecystokinin (CCK)

Which ligament courses through the lower margin of the falciform ligament?

Round ligament