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What is the average weight of the adult human liver? |
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| Which abdominal quadrant contains the gallbladder? |
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| Which lobe of the liver is larger? |
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| List 4 lobes of the liver |
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true/false: The lvier performs over 100 functions. |
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| true/false: The average healthy adult liver produces 1 gallon, or 3000 to 4000 ml, of bile per day. |
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false. (1 quart 800 to 1000 ml) |
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| list 3 primary functions of the gallbladder: |
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A. storage for future use B. concentrate the bile C. contract when fats of fatty acids are in the duodenum. |
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| What is the name of the soft-tissue structure that separates the right from the left lobe of the liver? |
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| Concentrated levels of cholesterol in bile may lead to gallstones. true/false |
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| What is a common site for impaction, or lodging, of gallstones? |
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| true/false: In about 40% of individuals, the end of the common bile duct and the end of the pancreatic duct are totally separated into two ducts rather than combining into one single passageway into the duodenum. |
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| An older term for the main pancreatic duct is the duct of vater. true/false |
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| Primary location within the abdomen of the liver. |
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| to the right of the midsagittal plane |
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| Primary location within the abdomen of the gallbladder on astenic patient. |
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| near the midsagittal plane |
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| Primary location within the abdomen of the gallbladder on a hypersthenic patient. |
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| to the right of the midsagittal plane |
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| Primary location within the abdomen of the gallbladder on a hyposthenic patient. |
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| to the right of the midsagittal plane |
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| In what position should the patient be placed if the primary purpose is to drain the gallbladder intot he duct system? |
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| Which projection (AP or PA) would place the gallbladder closest to the IR fo the best visualization? |
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| Which radiographic oblique position will project the gallbladder away from the spine. |
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