Beginner Biliary Tree Quiz

Q1. What is the biliary tree?

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

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?

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

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

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

Q5. Where does bile normally enter the gastrointestinal tract?

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

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?

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

Q8. Which structure stores and concentrates bile between meals?

• Spleen
• Portal vein
• Pancreas
• Gallbladder

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

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

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

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