ARDMS Abdomen Board Questions and
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3 layers of Aorta ✔✔Tunica Intima, Tunica Media, Tunica Adventitia
What is the tunica intima made of ✔✔endothelial cells (inner layer)
What is the tunica media made
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ARDMS Abdomen Board Questions and
Answers Graded A+
3 layers of Aorta ✔✔Tunica Intima, Tunica Media, Tunica Adventitia
What is the tunica intima made of ✔✔endothelial cells (inner layer)
What is the tunica media made of ✔✔muscle, thicker and more organized layer in arteries
(middle layer)
What is the tunica adventitia made of ✔✔epithelial cells (outer layer)
Where does the aorta arise from ✔✔Left ventricle
Where is the aorta located ✔✔Anterior and to the left of the spine and left of the IVC (most
posterior abdominal vessel)
Name the paired branches of aorta ✔✔Suprarenal arteries, renal arteries, gonadal arteries, lumbar
arteries, and common iliac arteries
Name the unpaired branches of the aorta ✔✔celiac axis (common hepatic artery, splenic artery,
and left gastric artery), SMA, IMA, median sacral artery
Name the anterior branches of the aorta ✔✔celiac axis, SMA, IMA, gonadal arteries, and median
sacral artery
Name the lateral branches of aorta ✔✔suprarenal arteries, renal arteries, and common iliac
arteries
Where do the common iliac arteries bifurcate ✔✔L3-4
Average normal proximal measurement of aorta ✔✔2.0 - 2.6 cm
Average normal mid measurement of aorta ✔✔1.6 - 2.4 cm
Average normal distal measurement of aorta ✔✔1.1 - 2.0 cm
Normal measurement of iliac arteries ✔✔0.6 - 1.4 cm
What is the most common type of AAA ✔✔fusiform
What is the most common location of AAA ✔✔infrarenal
Where does aortic dissection most commonly occur ✔✔ascending aorta and arch
What is the most common cause of aortic stenosis ✔✔atherosclerosis
Where does retroperitoneal fibrosis most commonly occur at ✔✔aortic bifurcation and below
What is the most common location of splanchnic artery aneurysm ✔✔splenic artery
Where does the IVC and SVC empty ✔✔right atrium
What are the tributaries of the IVC ✔✔CIV, lumbar veins, gonadal veins, renal veins, suprarenal
veins, hepatic veins
What is the most common variation of IVC anatomy ✔✔duplicated IVC
What is a transposed IVC ✔✔IVC on left side of abdomen and crosses anterior to aorta
What is an interrupted IVC ✔✔congenital anomaly where IVC doesn't extend the entire way to
the right atrium
Dilated hemiazygos and azygos veins indicate what ✔✔interrupted IVC, IVC obstruction, and
IVC overload
What is the largest soft tissue organ ✔✔liver
The liver is encapsulated by ✔✔Glisson capsule
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