Ch 11 The Gallbladder and The Biliary System

The biliary apparatus consists of:

1. Right and left hepatic ducts 2. Common hepatic duct 3. Common bile duct 4. Pear-shaped gallbladder 5. Cystic duct

How long is the cystic duct?

4 cm long

Common Hepatic Duct is approximately how big in diameter?

4mm

The proximal portion of the common bile duct is ____ to the portal vein

Anterior

The common hepatic duct passes:

Caudally (downward toward the feet) and Medially

The right and left hepatic ducts unite to form the

Common hepatic duct

Connects the neck of the gallbladder with the common hepatic duct:

Cystic Duct -cystic and common hepatic form the common bile duct

The proximal portion of the common bile duct is ____ to the hepatic artery

Lateral

The distal duct lies _____ to the anterior wall of the vena cava

Parallel

Within the liver parenchyma, the bile ducts follow the same course as what branches:

Portal venous and hepatic arterial branches

The common bile duct moves more _____ after it descends behind the duodenal bulb and enters the pancreas

Posterior

The right and left hepatic ducts emerge from the:

Right lobe of the liver in the porta hepatis

The end parts of the common bile duct and the main pancreatic duct and the ampulla of Vater are surrounded by circular muscle fibers known as the:

Sphincter of Oddi

The common hepatic duct is joined by:

The cystic duct

The hepatic duct runs Parallel with:

The portal vein

Normal common bile duct has a diameter of:

Up to 6mm

Together the common bile duct and the main pancreatic duct open through the:

ampulla of Vater then into the duodenal wall

The common hepatic duct and the cystic duct join to form the:

common bile duct

The common bile duct is joined by the:

main pancreatic duct

The hepatic and bile ducts are encased in common collagenous sheath which forms:

the portal triad