Practice Quiz - Liver & Gallbladder
    Below are written questions from previous quizzes and exams. Click here for a Practical Quiz - old format or Practical Quiz - new format.

  1. The division between the true right and left lobes (internal lobes) of the liver may be visualized on the outside of the liver as a plane passing through the:
    gallbladder fossa and round ligament of liver
    falciform ligament and ligamentum venosum
    gallbladder fossa and inferior vena cava
    falciform ligament and right hepatic vein
    gallbladder fossa and right triangular ligament
  2. You are observing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The surgeon states that he is next going to expose the cystic artery in order to staple across it. He asks you where he should look for it. You reply, "In the triangle of Calot." What stuctures form this triangle and are the keys to finding the artery?
    Common hepatic duct, liver and cystic duct
    Cystic duct, right hepatic artery and right hepatic duct
    Gall bladder, liver and common bile duct
    Left hepatic duct, liver and cystic duct
    Right branch of portal vein, liver and common bile duct
  3. A 58-year-old patient was diagnosed with a severe case of portal hypertension due to alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver. It was determined that a bypass between the vessels of the portal and caval systems was necessary. The plan most likely to be successful is:
    Coronary vein to right gastro-omental vein
    Left colic vein to sigmoidal vein
    Inferior mesenteric vein to splenic vein
    Splenic vein to left renal vein
    Superior rectal vein to inferior rectal vein
  4. A radiological examination of a patient revealed a large tumor in the quadrate lobe of the liver. During the surgical removal of the tumor, one of the vessels that needs to be clamped to effectively control bleeding is the:
    Left hepatic artery
    Right hepatic artery
  5. The blockage of a main bile duct in the quadrate lobe will likely cause reduced flow of bile secretion in the:
    Left hepatic duct
    Right hepatic duct
  6. A surgeon needs to construct a bypass between the veins of the portal and caval systems to circumvent insufficient drainage through the natural portacaval anastomoses. Which plan is likely to be successful?
    Coronary vein to right gastroepiploic vein
    Inferior mesenteric vein to splenic vein
    Left colic vein to middle colic vein
    Splenic vein to left renal vein
    Superior mesenteric vein to splenic vein