Radiographic Positioning Ch. 12 Biliary Tract and UGI System Questions and Answers
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The liver is partially divided into two major lobes and two minor lobes. Name those lobes. - Answer- Right lobe, Left Lobe, Caudate Lobe, Quadrate Lobe
How is bile carried to the gallbladder? - Answer- Via the cystic duct
What ar...
Radiographic Positioning Ch. 12 Biliary
Tract and UGI System
The liver is partially divided into two major lobes and two minor lobes. Name those
lobes. - Answer- Right lobe, Left Lobe, Caudate Lobe, Quadrate Lobe
How is bile carried to the gallbladder? - Answer- Via the cystic duct
What are the three primary functions of the gallbladder? - Answer- (1) Store, (2)
Concentrate, (3) Contract when stimulated
The gallbladder contracts when foods are in the duodenum. The foods then stimulate
the duodenal mucosa to secrete what hormone? - Answer- Cholecystokinin
What does Chole- mean? - Answer- Prefix denoting relationship to bile
What does Cysto- mean? - Answer- Prefix denoting sac or bladder
What is a Cholangiogram? - Answer- Radiographic examination of biliary ducts
What is a Cholecystocholangiogram? - Answer- Study of both gallbladder and the
biliary ducts
What are Choleliths? - Answer- Gallstones
What is Cholelithiasis? - Answer- Condition of having gallstones
What is Cholecystitis? - Answer- Inflammation of the gallbladder
What is a Cholecystectomy? - Answer- The surgical removal of gallbladder
Choledocholithiasis - Answer- Stones in the biliary ducts
Cholelithiasis - Answer- Stones in the gallbladder
Acute cholecystitis - Answer- Inflammation of the gallbladder with blockage of the
cystic duct
Chronic cholecystitis - Answer- Associated with gallstones, but may be an outcome
of pancreatitis or carcinoma of the gallbladder
Neoplasms - Answer- New growths, mass seen within gallbladder, liver, or biliary
ducts (calcification of gallbladder wall)
Biliary stenosis - Answer- Narrowing of one of the biliary ducts, bile my be restricted
by this condition
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