BIliary System and Upper GI Radiology
What is the largest solid organ? Correct Answer: Liver
The gallbladder is located inferior/superior to the liver? Correct Answer: inferior
The liver has ____ lobes. Correct Answer: 4
The liver weighs ________ lbs and is _____ inches across. Corre...
the gallbladder is located inferiorsuperior to the liver
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BIliary System and Upper GI Radiology
What is the largest solid organ? Correct Answer: Liver
The gallbladder is located inferior/superior to the liver? Correct Answer: inferior
The liver has ____ lobes. Correct Answer: 4
The liver weighs ________ lbs and is _____ inches across. Correct Answer: 3-4 lbs, 8-9 inches
The liver produces ______ mL of bile. Correct Answer: 800-1000mL
What are the four lobes of the liver? Correct Answer: RIght lobe, left lobe, caudate lobe, quadrate lobe
What ligament divides the lobes of the liver? Correct Answer: Falciform ligament
What is the bile route? Correct Answer: Right and left hepatic ducts, common hepatic duct, common
bile duct, pancreatic duct (duct of Wirsung), duodenum
Bile acts as a ______ process of digestion. Correct Answer: mechanical
What are the parts of the gallbladder? Correct Answer: cystic duct, spiral valve, neck, body, fundus
What are the functions of the gallbladder? Correct Answer: stores bile, concentrates bile
What stimulates contraction of the gallbladder? Correct Answer: cholecystokinin (CCK)
What is a cholelith? Correct Answer: gallstone
Where is the gallbladder located on a hypersthenic patient'? Correct Answer: pushed up in the higher
RUQ; superior and lateral
Where is the gallbladder located on a sthenic patient? Correct Answer: middle of RUQ
Where is the gallbladder located on an asthenic patient? Correct Answer: towards the midline and
lower of RUQ
Define cholangiogram Correct Answer: radiographic exam of ducts
Define cholecystocholangiogram Correct Answer: study of both gallbladder and biliary ducts
Define cholelithiasis Correct Answer: condition of having gallstones
Define cholecystectomy Correct Answer: surgical removal of gallbladder
What is the alimentary canal? Correct Answer: The digestive pathway from the mouth to the anus
, What parts make up the alimentary canal? Correct Answer: upper GI tract, lower GI tract, accessory
organs
What makes up the upper GI tract? Correct Answer: oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, stomach,
duodenum, small intestine
What makes up the lower GI tract? Correct Answer: large intestine and anus
What are the accessory organs? Correct Answer: salivary glands, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder
What are the functions of the alimentary canal? Correct Answer: intake and digestion, absorption, and
elimination
What is the purpose of an esophogram? Correct Answer: to study the form and function of the pharynx
and the esophagus
What is the purpose of an upper GI procedure? Correct Answer: to study the form and function of the
distal esophagus, stomach, and duodenum
Define mastication Correct Answer: chewing
Define deglutition Correct Answer: swallowing
Define paristalsis Correct Answer: rhythmic movement of the intestine and bowls to move waste
forward
What are the three salivary glands? Correct Answer: parotid, submandibular, sublingual
What are the three parts of the pharynx? Correct Answer: nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx
What are the two indentations of the esophagus? Correct Answer: aortic arch and left primary bronchus
Name the parts of the stomach Correct Answer: fundus, body, pyloric portion, cardiac notch,
esophagastric junction, cardiac antrum, lesser curvature, greater curvature, angular notch, pyloric orifice
The fundus is _____ part of the stomach? Correct Answer: most posterior
The body is ______ part of the stomach? Correct Answer: anterior/inferior to fundus
The pylorus is _______ part of the stomach? Correct Answer: posterior/ distal to body
If the patient is in a supine position during a barium and air contrast study, where will the barium settle?
Correct Answer: In the fundus
If the patient is in a prone position during a ACBE study, where is the barium? Correct Answer: Filling
most of the stomach, air is at the top
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