ARDMS ABDOMEN EXAM QUIZLET WITH
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Where does an aortic dissection most commonly occur? Correct
Answer Aortic arch
What is Marfan syndrome? Correct Answer Genetic disease
systemically affecting connective tissues.
Most commonly skeletal, cardiac, and ocular.
At what diameter is the aortic at risk for rupture? Correct Answer
>7cm
What sonographic finding shows evidence of a pseudoaneryusm
Correct Answer Yin Yang Sign
What 2 doppler features will be present with a aortic stenosis?
Correct Answer resistance will increase proximal to stenosis
Tardus parvus will show distal to stenosis
What is retroperitoneal fibrosis AKA? Correct Answer Ormond
disease
What are the largest tributaries of the IVC? Correct Answer
hepatic veins
Are respiratory changes seen in IVC? Correct Answer Yes
What is the most common congenital variation of IVC Correct
Answer Duplicated IVC
,What is the most common cause of IVC dilation? Correct Answer
Right sided heart failure
Where is the greenfield filter placed? Correct Answer below the
renal veins
What is the most common tumor to invade the IVC? Correct
Answer RCC
Can fluid accumulate in the bare area? Why or why not? Correct
Answer No, because the bare area is in direct contact with the
diaphragm
What two ducts form the CBD? Correct Answer Common hepatic
and cystic duct
What seperates the right and left hepatic lobes? Correct Answer
Main lobar fissure
What divides the rt lobe into anterior and posterior segments?
Correct Answer Right hepatic vein
What divides the Lt lobe into Medial and Lateral segments?
Correct Answer Left hepatic vein
What is another name for medial left liver lobe? Correct Answer
Quadrate lobe
What ligament attaches the superior portion of liver to the
diaphragm? Correct Answer Paired triangular ligaments
What forms the ant and post margins of the bare area of liver?
Correct Answer Coronary ligament
,What ligament separates the medial and lateral left lobes?
Correct Answer Ligamentum teres
Which ligament is a remnant of the ductus venosus of the fetus?
Correct Answer Ligamentum venosum
What is the sequence of fetal circulation? Correct Answer
Umbilical vein (lig teres) - left portal vv - ductus venous (lig
venosum) - IVC
T/F - Hepatic veins are biphasic Correct Answer F- They are
triphasic due to proximity to rt atrium
What is another name for periportal cuffing? Correct Answer
Starry night sign
What is the main cause of portal hypertension in U.S? Correct
Answer Hep C
What is another term for glycogen storage disease? Correct
Answer von Gierke's disease
What are the two main causes of cirrhosis? Correct Answer Hep
C and Alcoholism
What is the most common surgical procedure to lower portal
pressure? Correct Answer TIPS
What is caput medusa? Correct Answer Tortuous vessels around
the umbilicus caused by portal HTN
What type of mass is associated with a central fibrous scar?
Correct Answer Focal Nodular Hyperplasia
, What is the primary malignancy of the liver? Correct Answer
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
What lab test frequently elevates with liver cancer? Correct
Answer Alpha Fetoprotein (AFP)
What liver lesion is associated with the use of contraceptive pills?
Correct Answer Hepatic adenoma
What lab value increases with liver damage? Correct Answer
ALT
Cystic duct joins the common hepatic duct to form which duct?
Correct Answer CBD
CBD and Duct of Wirsung join to form _____? Correct Answer
Ampulla of Vater
What 3 sxs form the portal triad? Correct Answer MPV, CHD, HA
Mickey Mouse Sign
What are the spiral folds which control bile flow in the cystic duct?
Correct Answer Valve of Heister
What controls the emptying of bile into the duodenum through
ampulla of vater? Correct Answer Sphincter of Oddi
What are the sonographic features of sludge? Correct Answer
nonshadowing, echogenic material which layers and shifts with
patient position
What is the most common site of GB perforation? Correct Answer
GB Fundus
T/F Limy bile results in shadowing Correct Answer True
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