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Bontrager; Radiographic Positioning Chapter 12
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
The gallbladder is located in the _______ margin of the liver - Answer✔️✔️-
Posterior inferior
The liver is divided into ____ major and minor lobes. - Answer✔️✔️-4
Right and left lobes - major
Quadrate and caudate - minor
The liver is located primarily in the ____ of the abdomen. - Answer✔️✔️-
RUQ
What is the name of the soft tissue structure that divides the liver into left
and right lobes? - Answer✔️✔️-Falciform ligament
Where is bile formed? - Answer✔️✔️-Liver
The main function of bile is to: - Answer✔️✔️-To break down or emulsify
fats
Which of the following functions are performed by the gallbladder?
a. Storage of bile
b. Concentration of bile
c. Contraction and release of bile
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d. All of the above - Answer✔️✔️-d. All of the above
The liver secretes approximately ____ mL of bile per day. - Answer✔️✔️-800
to 1000 mL
T/F The liver performs more than 100 different functions. - Answer✔️✔️-
True
Which duct is formed by the union of the left and right hepatic ducts? -
Answer✔️✔️-Common hepatic duct
Which duct carries bile from the cystic duct to the duodenum? -
Answer✔️✔️-Common bile duct
The average adult gallbladder is ____ cm long and ____ cm wide. -
Answer✔️✔️-7 to 10 cm long; 3 cm wide
Which process leads to the concentration of bile within the gallbladder? -
Answer✔️✔️-Hydrolysis
What is a primary function of cholecystokinin? - Answer✔️✔️-Stimulates the
gallbladder to contract
Where is cholecystokinin produced? - Answer✔️✔️-Duodenal mucosa
Which aspect of the gallbladder is located most posterior within the
abdomen? - Answer✔️✔️-Neck
What is the primary purpose of the membranous folds located within the
cystic duct? - Answer✔️✔️-Prevents distention or collapse of the cystic duct
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Series of mucosal folds in cystic duct - Answer✔️✔️-Spiral valve
A protrusion into the duodenum - Answer✔️✔️-Duodenal papilla
Middle aspect of gallbladder - Answer✔️✔️-Body
Duct connected directly to gallbladder - Answer✔️✔️-Cystic duct
Narrowest portion of gallbladder - Answer✔️✔️-Neck
Broadest portion of gallbladder - Answer✔️✔️-Fundus
Enlarged chamber in distal aspect of common bile duct - Answer✔️✔️-
Hepatopancreatic ampulla
What is an older term for the pancreatic duct? - Answer✔️✔️-Duct of
Wirsung
What is an older term for the hepatopancreatic sphincter? - Answer✔️✔️-
Sphincter of Oddi
Circular muscle fibers adjacent to duodenal papilla - Answer✔️✔️-
Hepatopancreatic sphincter
T/F In 80% of all individuals, the common bile duct and the pancreatic
duct unite before entering the duodenum. - Answer✔️✔️-False, 40%
Which term describes the condition of having gallstones? - Answer✔️✔️-
Cholelithiasis
"Chole-" is a prefix for terms pertaining to the: - Answer✔️✔️-Bile
A. Left hepatic duct
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Bontrager; Radiographic Positioning Chapter 12
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
The gallbladder is located in the _______ margin of the liver - Answer✔️✔️-
Posterior inferior
The liver is divided into ____ major and minor lobes. - Answer✔️✔️-4
Right and left lobes - major
Quadrate and caudate - minor
The liver is located primarily in the ____ of the abdomen. - Answer✔️✔️-
RUQ
What is the name of the soft tissue structure that divides the liver into left
and right lobes? - Answer✔️✔️-Falciform ligament
Where is bile formed? - Answer✔️✔️-Liver
The main function of bile is to: - Answer✔️✔️-To break down or emulsify
fats
Which of the following functions are performed by the gallbladder?
a. Storage of bile
b. Concentration of bile
c. Contraction and release of bile
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d. All of the above - Answer✔️✔️-d. All of the above
The liver secretes approximately ____ mL of bile per day. - Answer✔️✔️-800
to 1000 mL
T/F The liver performs more than 100 different functions. - Answer✔️✔️-
True
Which duct is formed by the union of the left and right hepatic ducts? -
Answer✔️✔️-Common hepatic duct
Which duct carries bile from the cystic duct to the duodenum? -
Answer✔️✔️-Common bile duct
The average adult gallbladder is ____ cm long and ____ cm wide. -
Answer✔️✔️-7 to 10 cm long; 3 cm wide
Which process leads to the concentration of bile within the gallbladder? -
Answer✔️✔️-Hydrolysis
What is a primary function of cholecystokinin? - Answer✔️✔️-Stimulates the
gallbladder to contract
Where is cholecystokinin produced? - Answer✔️✔️-Duodenal mucosa
Which aspect of the gallbladder is located most posterior within the
abdomen? - Answer✔️✔️-Neck
What is the primary purpose of the membranous folds located within the
cystic duct? - Answer✔️✔️-Prevents distention or collapse of the cystic duct
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Series of mucosal folds in cystic duct - Answer✔️✔️-Spiral valve
A protrusion into the duodenum - Answer✔️✔️-Duodenal papilla
Middle aspect of gallbladder - Answer✔️✔️-Body
Duct connected directly to gallbladder - Answer✔️✔️-Cystic duct
Narrowest portion of gallbladder - Answer✔️✔️-Neck
Broadest portion of gallbladder - Answer✔️✔️-Fundus
Enlarged chamber in distal aspect of common bile duct - Answer✔️✔️-
Hepatopancreatic ampulla
What is an older term for the pancreatic duct? - Answer✔️✔️-Duct of
Wirsung
What is an older term for the hepatopancreatic sphincter? - Answer✔️✔️-
Sphincter of Oddi
Circular muscle fibers adjacent to duodenal papilla - Answer✔️✔️-
Hepatopancreatic sphincter
T/F In 80% of all individuals, the common bile duct and the pancreatic
duct unite before entering the duodenum. - Answer✔️✔️-False, 40%
Which term describes the condition of having gallstones? - Answer✔️✔️-
Cholelithiasis
"Chole-" is a prefix for terms pertaining to the: - Answer✔️✔️-Bile
A. Left hepatic duct
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