Liver Quiz: questions and answers

1. In which quadrant of the abdomen is the liver located?

Left lower quadrant

Right upper quadrant

Right lower quadrant

2. What is the name of the alkaline compound which helps the breakdown of fat?

Blood

Bile

Urine

3. Where is the bile stored?

In the gallbladder

In the cystic duct

In the common hepatic duct

4. A human liver normally weighs:

1.22 - 1.33 kg

1.44 - 1.66 kg

1.77 - 1.99 kg

5. The liver rests to the right side of the:

Stomach

Heart

Trachea

6. What is the average width of a human liver?

20 cm

15 cm

10 cm

7. What are the two large blood vessels connected to the liver?

Hepatic artery and great saphenous vein

Hepatic artery and femoral vein

Hepatic artery and portal vein

8. In how many parts is the liver grossly divided when viewed from above and when viewed from below?

One and three parts

Two and five parts

Two and four parts

9. What is hepatitis?

A replacement of normal liver tissue by scar tissue

An inflammation of the liver tissue

A blockage of hepatic veins

10. Who performed the first human liver transplants?

Thomas Starzl

Jack Kevorkian

Benjamin Carson

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