Sonographic Terminology

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Across
  1. 3. Duct of the gallbladder which joins with the hepatic duct to form the common bile duct
  2. 5. Divides the right and left lobes of the liver; seen in sagittal plane as an echogenic line between the neck of the gallbladder and the main portal vein.
  3. 7. Formation or presence of stones within the gallbladder.
  4. 8. Remnant of ductus venosus seen as echogenic line separating caudate lobe from the left lobe.
  5. 9. Hormone which stimulates gallbladder contraction.
  6. 12. fibrous structure that runs down the midline of the abdomen, separating the right and left rectus abdominus muscles
  7. 13. Secreting into a duct.
  8. 16. Surgical removal of the gallbladder.
  9. 17. Fibroelastic connective tissue layer that surrounds the liver.
  10. 19. Fold in the parietal peritoneum that extends from the umbilicus to the diaphragm and contains the ligamentum teres.
  11. 21. Calculi located within the bile duct.
  12. 24. Blood flow away from the liver.
  13. 25. Pear-shaped sac responsible for storing bile until it is released through the cystic duct.
Down
  1. 1. Acute or chronic inflammation of the gallbladder.
  2. 2. Enlarged liver.
  3. 4. Fold within the gallbladder fundus.
  4. 6. Duct which carries bile from the cystic and hepatic ducts to the duodenum.
  5. 10. Yellowish pigmentation of the skin and whites of the eyes caused by increased levels of bilirubin in the blood.
  6. 11. anatomic variant in which the right lobe of the liver extends inferiorly as a tongue-like projection
  7. 14. Secreting into blood or tissue.
  8. 15. Fold within the neck or body of the gallbladder.
  9. 18. Remnant of the left umbilical vein, seen in the transverse plane as a triangular echogenic foci dividing the medial and lateral segments of the left lobe of the liver.
  10. 20. Fissure where the portal vein and hepatic artery enter the liver and the common hepatic duct exits.
  11. 22. Blood flow toward the liver.
  12. 23. Solid, semisolid, or thickened bile within the gallbladder or bile duct.