Ardms Abdomen Board Review with 100% complete solutions

the normal AP ddimension of the aorta lumen should not exceed 3 cm the celiac trunk is the first _____ branch of the aorta anterior the celiac trifurcates into...? the common hepatic artery the left gastric artery the splenic artery the gastroduodenal artery is a branch of the...? the common hepatic artery this artery branches off the anterior aspect of the aorta and travels vertically anterior and parallel to the aorta the superior mesenteric artery which renal artery has a more complicated course? the right renal artery an arterial disease in which the vessel wall loses its elasticity and becomes hardened arteriosclerosis dilatation of a segment of a vessel wall caused by a weakness of all three layers of the vessel wall..? aneurysm majority of aneurysms are located below...? the level of the renal arteries the most common type of a true aneurysm is...? fusiform tear of the intima layer of the vessel wall is a... dissecting aneurysm aneurysm caused by arterial catheterization or trauma pseudo aneurysm which renal vein has the more complicated course? the left renal vein the right gonadal vein empties directly into the IVC but the left gonadal vein empties... into the left renal vein which then empties into the IVC a liver measurement greater than ____ - ____ cm is considered hepatomegaly 15-20 normal variant of the right lobe of the liver extends inferiorly and may be mistaken for hepatomegaly Riedel's Lobe the liver is almost completely covered by... Glisson's Capsule arrange these in order from most echogenic to least echogenic: pancreas, spleen, renal medullary pyramids, liver, renal sinus, renal cortex renal sinus > pancreas > liver > or = spleen > renal cortex > renal medullary pyramids the liver is composed of three lobes... left lobe, right lobe, caudate lobe the middle hepatic vein divides the liver into ... right lobe and left lobe the right hepatic vein divides the... right lobe into anterior and posterior segments the left hepatic vein divides the... left lobe into medial and lateral segments these veins drain blood from the caudate lobe the right and left hepatic veins the ligamentum venosum divides the... caudate lobe and the left lobe the ligamentum teres divides the... left lobe into medial and lateral segments the falciform ligament divides the ... right and left lobe the coronary ligament connects the liver to... the diaphragm the main lobar fissure divides... right and left lobe the portal triad is... the portal vein, the hepatic artery, and the common bile duct AST is increased with... hepatocellular disease this lab value is useful in detecting acute hepatitis before jaundice occurs and following in the course of hepatitis AST this lab test rises higher than AST and takes longer to return to normal ALT alkaline phosphatase is increased in... obstruction of the biliary system decrease in liver function with an increase in the liver enzymes due to the amount of necrosis is known as... diffuse hepatocellular disease accumulation of fat within the hepatocytes... fatty liver