Abdomen

Question 1

What is this opacity?

Answer 1

fluid/tissue

Question 2

Identify this structure:

Answer 2

fundus

Question 3

Identify this structure:

Answer 3

liver

Question 4

Identify this structure:

Answer 4

pylorus

Question 5

Identify this structure:

Answer 5

spleen - head

Question 6

Identify this structure:

Answer 6

spleen - tail

Question 7

Identify this structure:

Answer 7

kidneys

Question 8

Identify this structure:

Answer 8

decending colon

Question 9

Identify this structure:

Answer 9

urinary bladder

Question 10

When is the head of the spleen best seen?

Answer 10

in the VD view on the left hand side

Question 11

Identify this structure:

Answer 11

transverse colon

Question 12

Identify this structure:

Answer 12

decending colon

Question 13

Identify this structure:

Answer 13

pylorus

Question 14

Identify this structure:

Answer 14

fat

Question 15

Identify this structure:

Answer 15

pylorus

Question 16

Identify this structure:

Answer 16

fundus

Question 17

What is the liver length equal to?

Answer 17

the length from the ventral border of the vena cava to the caudal apex of hepatic ventral border

Question 18

What does the nephrogram phase of the excretory urogram highlight?

Answer 18

renal parenchyma

Question 19

What does the pyelogram phase of the excretory urogram highlight?

Answer 19

renal collecting system

Question 20

Identify a:

Answer 20

apex/vertex

Question 21

Identify b:

Answer 21

body

Question 22

Identify n:

Answer 22

neck

Question 23

Identify the star:

Answer 23

trigone

Question 24

What is the normal size of the ureter?

Answer 24

2 mm

Question 25

Identify a:

Answer 25

prostatic urethra

Question 26

Identify b:

Answer 26

membranous urethra

Question 27

Identify c:

Answer 27

penile urethra

Question 28

Identify the blue structure:

Answer 28

prostate

Question 29

Identify the yellow structure:

Answer 29

urinary bladder

Question 30

Identify this structure:

Answer 30

uterine horns

Question 31

Identify this structure:

Answer 31

body and cervix

Question 32

What are pseudoulcers?

Answer 32

bumps in the descending duodenum that represent areas where the mucosa thins out over submucosal lymph follicles

Question 33

What is fimbriation?

Answer 33

fine villous appearance on mucosal surface due to barium

Question 34

What does BIPS stand for?

Answer 34

barium impregnated polyethylene spheres

Question 35

What are large BIPS used for?

Answer 35

detection of gastrointestinal tract obstructions

Question 36

What are small BIPS used for?

Answer 36

they mimic the passage of food, and provide accurate estimation of gastric emptying rate

Question 37

What is cholecystography?

Answer 37

it allows for visualization of the gallblader and biliary channels; can be used to identify gall stones

Question 38

What is operative mesenteric vein portography?

Answer 38

a water-soluble contrast medium is injected into contributory jejunal vein intraoperativelu which allows for visualization of liver vasculature

Question 39

What is the normal small intestine diameter?

Answer 39

less than 1.6x the height of L5

Question 40

What is the normal small intestine diameter in cats?

Answer 40

less than 2x the diameter of the cranial end plate

Question 41

What is the normal diameter of the colon in the dog?

Answer 41

: less than or equal to 1.5 times the length of L7

Question 42

What is the normal diameter of the colon in the cat?

Answer 42

less than or equal to 1.28 times the length of L5

Question 43

In an ultrasound, what does a normal spleen look like?

Answer 43

uniform sandpaper texture

Question 44

What is the normal renal length in dogs?

Answer 44

2.5-3.5 times the length of L2 on the VD view

Question 45

What is the normal renal length in cats?

Answer 45

2.4-3.5 times the length of L2 on the VD view

Question 46

What is the normal renal length of older cats?

Answer 46

1.9-3 times the length of L2 on the VD view

Question 47

What is pneumocystography?

Answer 47

air introduced into the bladder via the urethral catheter, air serves as a contrasting substance agains radio-opaque borders of the bladder wall

Question 48

What is a contrast retrograde urethrogram?

Answer 48

contrast is introduced through a baloon tup catheter; image is taken while contrast is introduced

Question 49

What is double contrast cystography?

Answer 49

a radiograph is taken after insertion of iodine based, water-soluble contrast medium followed by air into the urinary bladder

Question 50

What is retrograde vaginourethrography?

Answer 50

radiograph is taken after insertion of an iodine-based, water soluble contrast medium via a Foley catheter into the urogenital sinus

Question 51

When the bladder is distended, what direction does the prostate go?

Answer 51

cranially into the abdomen