Beginner Biliary Tree Quiz

Q1. What is the biliary tree?

• A lymphatic plexus surrounding the pancreas
• A network of hepatic veins
• A system of ducts that conveys bile from the liver to the duodenum
• The arterial supply of the liver

Q2. Which ducts unite to form the common hepatic duct?

• Common bile and pancreatic ducts
• Right and left hepatic ducts
• Cystic and pancreatic ducts
• Right and left renal ducts

Q3. Which duct connects the gallbladder to the extrahepatic biliary tree?

• Cystic duct
• Main pancreatic duct
• Accessory pancreatic duct
• Right hepatic duct

Q4. What is formed by the union of the common hepatic duct and cystic duct?

• Hepatic portal vein
• Main pancreatic duct
• Common bile duct
• Left hepatic duct

Q5. Where does bile normally enter the gastrointestinal tract?

• Ascending colon
• Jejunum at the duodenojejunal flexure
• Stomach fundus
• Second part of the duodenum

Q6. Which duct drains the functional right side of the liver?

• Common bile duct
• Main pancreatic duct
• Cystic duct
• Right hepatic duct

Q7. Which duct drains the functional left side of the liver?

• Left hepatic duct
• Accessory pancreatic duct
• Cystic duct
• Common bile duct

Q8. Which structure stores and concentrates bile between meals?

• Portal vein
• Gallbladder
• Spleen
• Pancreas

Q9. What is the terminal opening shared by the biliary and pancreatic systems commonly called when their ducts unite?

• Pyloric canal
• Hepatic sinusoid
• Renal pelvis
• Hepatopancreatic ampulla

Q10. At which papilla does the hepatopancreatic ampulla usually open?

• Gastric cardia
• Major duodenal papilla
• Minor duodenal papilla only
• Ileocecal papilla