DMS Abdominal Sonography Final Review Questions with Correct Answers

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DMS Abdominal Sonography Final Review Questions with Correct Answers The bright linear echo within the liver connecting the GB and the right or main portal vein is the _______ -Answer- Main lobar f... issure The hepatic duct is joined by the ______ to form the _____ -Answer- cystic duct; common bile duct The most common cause of acute pancreatitis in children is _______ -Answer- trauma Anterior displacement of the kidney and ureter suggests a mass in the ______ -Answer- retroperitoneum Clinical symptoms of infection include all except which of the following: chills, afebrile, localized tenderness, malaise -Answer- afebrile The normal sonographic texture of the spleen is_____ -Answer- homogeneous with internal echoes equal to or less echogenic than those of the liver The physiological effect of a fatty meal includes all of the following except: relaxed sphincter of Oddi, decrease bile flow to the liver, stimulation of CCK, contraction of the GB -Answer- decrease bile flow to the liver The most common benign neoplasms in the spleen include all of the following except: infarctions, cavernous hemangiomas, hamartomas, cystic lymphangiomas -Answer- infarctions Hydronephrosis may be best demonstrated sonographicaly by ________ -Answer- a fluid-filled pelvocaliceal collecting system Fusion of the lower pole of the kidneys is called a _______ -Answer- horseshoe kidney Most of the digestion and absorption of food takes place in the _______ -Answer- small intestine The colon is divided into segments called _______ -Answer- Haustra Clinical signs and symptoms in acute pancreatitis include all of the following except: elevated amylase, severe abdominal pain radiating to the right shoulder, nausea/vomiting, severe abdominal pain radiating to the back -Answer- sever abdominal pain radiating to the right shoulder A lymphocele may be defined as _____ -Answer- lymph-filled spaces without a distinct epithelial lining A/An _______ hernia is usually filled with fat. -Answer- Epigastric A patient who presents with jaundice, weight loss, and a palpable RUQ mass should be evaluated for -Answer- adenocarcinoma of the pancreas A cystlike enlargement of the distal end of the ureter is called ________ -Answer- a ureterocele the normal size of the pancreatic duct is less than ______ -Answer- 3mm Adrenal insufficiency typically is caused by _______ -Answer- metastases If the celiac axis is well visualized, the sonographer should move the transducer in which direction to image the pancreas? -Answer- inferior Which statement is false for a patient with renal vein thrombosis: Renal size increases in the acute phase. Doppler flow increases. -Answer- Doppler flow increases. The GDA is a branch off of the _______ -Answer- Right hepatic artery Which of the following statements about the adrenal medulla is true: The medulla is not essential to life. The medulla secretes estrogen. -Answer- The medulla is not essential to life. Excessive secretion of aldosterone occurs in _______ -Answer- Conn's syndrome Patients with right-side heart failure and elevated systemic venous pressure may develop ______ -Answer- marked dilation of the intrahepatic veins The tail of the pancreas is found _____ -Answer- anterior to the left kidney near the splenic hilum Classic symptoms of GB disease include all of the following except: hematuria, nausea/vomiting, RUQ pain, right shoulder pain -Answer- hematuria All of the following are functions of the spleen except: production of plasma cells, production of lymphocytes, destruction of WBCs, destruction of RBC's -Answer- destruction of RBC's Thickening of the GB wall may be caused by all of the following except: adenomyomatosis, hepatitis, cholecystitis, pancreatitis -Answer- pancreatitis An extremely large echogenic renal sinus that appears to engulf the entire renal parenchymal outline suggests: -Answer- lipomatosis A cortical bulge in the lateral border of the kidney is called a/an ______ -Answer- dromedary hump Differential diagnosis of a lesser-sac abscess should include all of the following except a: gastric outlet obstruction, pseudocyst, fluid-filled stomach, pancreatic carcinoma -Answer- pancreatic carcinoma The left kidney is in contact with the ______, _______, _______, ________ -Answer- spleen, pancreas, colon, and jejunum Gallstone appearance on ultrasound exam is: -Answer- dependent, mobile, echogenic The length of the normal adult adrenal gland is usually smaller than ______ -Answer- 3cm What structure is found on the right side of the liver to form the subphrenic and subhepatic spaces? -Answer- ligaments The head of the pancreas, duodenum, andparts of the stomach are supplied by the: -Answer- GDA Splenomegaly may result from all except which of the following? left subphrenic abscess, polycythemia vera, inflammatory process, metastatic disease to the spleen -Answer- left subphrenic abscess What describes a bladder diverticulum? -Answer- a herniation of the bladder wall Gastrointestinal leiomyosarcoma most commonly occurs in the _____ -Answer- ileum The _____ is able to adhere to diseased organs -Answer- greater omentum Progression of acute appendicitis to frank perforation is more rapid in ______ -Answer- preschool children fluid collects in the most ______ areas of the abdomen and pelvis -Answer- dependent RCC commonly invades in the IVC via the _______ -Answer- renal vein The most common abdominal pathologic process that requires immediate surgery is ______ -Answer- acute appendicitis A post-transplant perinephric fluid collection can present as all of the following except: ureterocele, lymphocele, urinoma, hematoma -Answer- ureterocele a common finding in people over the age of 50 is: -Answer- a renal cyst [Show More]

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