DMS 220 TEST 3 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
What is the role of the celiac trunk in liver anatomy? - Answer- It supplies blood to the
liver via branches including the proper hepatic artery.
What anatomical feature is used to identify the boundary between the right and left
lobes of the liver? - Answer- Main lobar fissure
What is the size comparison between the right lobe and the left lobe of the liver? -
Answer- The right lobe is 6 times larger than the left lobe.
What is the primary blood supply to the liver? - Answer- Hepatic artery and portal vein
What is the function of the inferior vena cava in relation to the liver? - Answer- It drains
blood from the liver into the heart.
What anatomical structure separates the right and left lobes of the liver on the anterior
view? - Answer- Main lobar fissure
What are the anatomical lobes of the liver? - Answer- Right lobe, Left lobe, Caudate
lobe, Quadrate lobe
Where is the right lobe of the liver located? - Answer- In the right hypochondrium
What structure divides the liver into right and left anatomical lobes? - Answer- Falciform
ligament
What are the two additional lobes visible on the visceral surface of the liver? - Answer-
Caudate lobe and Quadrate lobe
What ligaments separate the left lobe from the caudate lobe? - Answer- Ligamentum
venosum and ligamentum teres
What does the term 'Couinaud's segments' refer to? - Answer- Eight functionally
independent segments of the liver that can be resected without damaging others.
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
What is the role of the celiac trunk in liver anatomy? - Answer- It supplies blood to the
liver via branches including the proper hepatic artery.
What anatomical feature is used to identify the boundary between the right and left
lobes of the liver? - Answer- Main lobar fissure
What is the size comparison between the right lobe and the left lobe of the liver? -
Answer- The right lobe is 6 times larger than the left lobe.
What is the primary blood supply to the liver? - Answer- Hepatic artery and portal vein
What is the function of the inferior vena cava in relation to the liver? - Answer- It drains
blood from the liver into the heart.
What anatomical structure separates the right and left lobes of the liver on the anterior
view? - Answer- Main lobar fissure
What are the anatomical lobes of the liver? - Answer- Right lobe, Left lobe, Caudate
lobe, Quadrate lobe
Where is the right lobe of the liver located? - Answer- In the right hypochondrium
What structure divides the liver into right and left anatomical lobes? - Answer- Falciform
ligament
What are the two additional lobes visible on the visceral surface of the liver? - Answer-
Caudate lobe and Quadrate lobe
What ligaments separate the left lobe from the caudate lobe? - Answer- Ligamentum
venosum and ligamentum teres
What does the term 'Couinaud's segments' refer to? - Answer- Eight functionally
independent segments of the liver that can be resected without damaging others.
