NREMT Advanced EMT

Category - Trauma

What could lacerate the liver?
  1. Pancreas
  2. Ligamentum teres
  3. Spleen
  4. Umbilical cord
Explanation
Answer - B - The ligamentum teres can lacerate the liver. The ligamentum teres suspends the liver. In deceleration, the ligament may literally lacerate the liver like a hot knife through butter. If the cut is severe, rapid hemorrhaging will occur.
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