Stores bile produced by the liver
Parts
Fundus-located at tip of ninth costal cartilage
Body-also in contact with transverse colon and first part of duodenum
Neck
Has S-shaped bend to joint cystic duct
Mucosa thrown into a spiral fold-the spiral valve-to keep cystic duct open
Cystic duct connects to common hepatic duct to form the common bile duct
Vascular supply (Section 4-6: Abdomen-Visceral Vasculature)
Artery: cystic artery from right hepatic artery
Cystic veins
Veins draining neck and biliary ducts empty into portal vein
Veins draining the body and fundus drain directly into the liver
Lymph drains to the hepatic nodes
Nervous supply (Section 4-7: Abdomen-Innervation)
Sympathetic from celiac plexus
Parasympathetic from vagus
Sensory from right phrenicpage 149
page 150Pancreas
[Plate 281, Pancreas in Situ]Lies retroperitoneally and transversely across posterior abdominal wall
Digestive gland with exocrine and endocrine functions
Exocrine: secretion of digestive juices
Endocrine: secretion of insulin and glucagon
Parts:
Head
Encircled by C-shaped curve of duodenum
Overlies IVC, left and right renal veins and right renal artery.
Contains embedded bile duct