ILOs:
- Be able to recognize the right and left lobes of the liver and the quadrate and caudate lobes.
- Understand the concept of functional left and right lobes and the contribution to each of the anatomical lobes.
- Appreciate the anatomical relations of the liver, be able to define the right and left subphrenic spaces and the hepatorenal recess and describe their clinical importance.
- Be able to describe the concept of liver lobules and the liver acinus and to appreciate their relations to portal tracts and central veins.
- Be able to give an account of the anatomy and function of the gall bladder and the extra-hepatic biliary ducts.
- Be able to recognize the principal parts of the liver and extrahepatic biliary apparatus on clinical images.
- Be able to describe the progression of alcoholic liver disease from steatosis through alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis to hepatocellular carcinoma and to recognize the principal features of these conditions on histology.
Part 1: Anatomy of the liver and biliary apparatus
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🧬 Liver
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- Where is the Liver?
- What is the shape of the liver?
- How much does the liver weigh?
- What are the right and left lobes separated by?
- What are the two smaller lobes on the underside?
- The smaller lobes are separated from left lobe by what fissure?
- What are Recesses?
- What does the visceral peritoneum cover?
- What recesses form the extension of the peritoneal cavity?