Liver, Biliary Tree, Pancreas and Spleen
- Previous year questions on Liver, Biliary Tree, Pancreas and Spleen for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Anatomy section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 42 live questions in Liver, Biliary Tree, Pancreas and Spleen.
- 3 of 42 questions carry a verified exam year: 2019, 2020.
- Anatomy is worth about 17 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 3 Sept 2026.
Q1.Which of the following is in anterior relation to the head of pancreas?
- ACommon bile duct
- BGastroduodenal artery✓ Correct answer
- CInferior vena cava
- DAorta
Q2.Structures passing through Calot's triangle are all EXCEPT:
- APortal vein✓ Correct answer
- BCystic artery
- CRight hepatic artery
- DLymph node of Lund
Q3.A 54-year-old man comes to a hospital with abdominal pain, jaundice, loss of appetite, and weight loss. On examination of his radiograms and CT scans, a physician finds a slowly growing tumor in the uncinate process of the pancreas. Which of the following structures is most likely compressed by this tumor
- ASplenic artery
- BPortal vein
- CSuperior mesenteric artery✓ Correct answer
- DSuperior pancreaticoduodenal artery
Q4.If cirrhosis causes obstruction of the portal circulation within the liver, portal blood could still be conveyed to the caval system which of the following?
- AAzygos and hemiazygos veins✓ Correct answer
- BGonadal veins
- CInternal iliac veins
- DSplenic vein
Q5.True about spleen is all except
- AThe long axis of the spleen lies along the twelth rib✓ Correct answer
- BThe spleen is situated in the upper left quadrant of the abdomen beneath the diaphragm
- CA pathologically enlarged spleen extends downward and forward, toward the umbilicus
- DBecause of the presence of the left colic flexure and the phrenicocolic ligament, the spleen is unable to expand vertically downward
Q6.Cholecystocaval line:-
- ASeparate right anterior and right posterior sectors
- BSeparate gall bladder from portal vein
- CSeparate right and left hepatic lobes✓ Correct answer
- DSeparate left medial and left lateral sectors
Q7.Cholecysto-caval line separates (2019)
- AGall bladder & IVC
- BPorta hepatis & IVC
- CRight & left lobe✓ Correct answer
- DQuadrate & caudate lobe of liver
Q8.Cholecysto-venacaval line seperates which of the following ?
- AGallbladder and IVC
- BPorta hepatis and IVC
- CCaudate lobe and quadrangular lobe
- DRight and left lobe of liver✓ Correct answer
Q9.A woman has a fracture of the left tenth and eleventh ribs. The organ most likely to get injured by these fractured ribs is
- ADescending colon
- BJejunum
- CLeft adrenal gland
- DSpleen✓ Correct answer
Q10.Tumor of the uncinate process of pancreas affects which of the following vessel
- ASuperior mesenteric artery✓ Correct answer
- BPortal vein
- CCommon hepatic artery
- DInferior mesenteric artery
Answer key
Q1: B. Gastroduodenal artery; Q2: A. Portal vein; Q3: C. Superior mesenteric artery; Q4: A. Azygos and hemiazygos veins; Q5: A. The long axis of the spleen lies along the twelth rib; Q6: C. Separate right and left hepatic lobes; Q7: C. Right & left lobe; Q8: D. Right and left lobe of liver; Q9: D. Spleen; Q10: A. Superior mesenteric artery.
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