The Fusion of the Common Hepatic Duct and the Cystic

question 143

Multiple Choice

The fusion of the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct forms the

• A) hepatic portal vein.
• B) porta hepatis.
• C) bile duct.
• D) common pancreatic duct.
• E) bile canaliculus.

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Definitions:

IR

Infrared spectroscopy, a technique used in chemistry to identify compounds and investigate molecular structure by analyzing the vibration of bonds under infrared light.

Triplet

A term in quantum mechanics referring to a system (often an electron) that exists in three possible states with the same energy, typically in the context of spin states.

NMR

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, a technique that exploits the magnetic properties of certain atomic nuclei to determine physical and chemical properties of atoms or the molecules in which they are contained.

Quartet

In nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, a signal pattern of four peaks that suggests the presence of three equivalent protons adjacent to the observed nucleus.