Aorta

Question 1

Ao enters the abd cavity in a ____ location

Answer 1

posterior

Question 2

As the ao travels, it progessively become more ___ as it travels caudally

Answer 2

anterior

Question 3

IVC maintains a more ____ course throughout the retroperitoneum

Answer 3

horizontal

Question 4

1st major branch as the ao descends through the diaphragm

Answer 4

celiac axis

Question 5

How man cm long is the celiac axis

Answer 5

2-3cm

Question 6

Celiac is located

Answer 6

posterior to the panc

Question 7

Celiac branches

Answer 7

common hepatic artery
left gastric artery
splenic artery

Question 8

Celiac terminated with the bifurcation of the

Answer 8

common hepatic artery and splenic artery

Question 9

Left gastric artery is usually not visable, however occasionally can be extending cranially from the

Answer 9

celiac axis

Question 10

As the common hepatic artery courses toward the liver it bifurcates into the

Answer 10

proper hepatic artery and the GDA

Question 11

SMA branches off the ao about ____ cm inferior to the celiac axis

Answer 11

1

Question 12

It parallels the ao and is seen ______ to the body of the panc

Answer 12

posterior/inferior

Question 13

SMA doppler waveforms

Answer 13

fasting state - high resistance

postparandial - low resistance, increased velocity

Question 14

Renal arteries arise from the lateral walls of the ao just below the origin of the

Answer 14

SMA

Question 15

The right renal artery passes ___ to the IVC

Answer 15

posterior

Question 16

The left renal artery is shorter at the ao lies to the ____ of midline

Answer 16

left

Question 17

The right and left gonadal arteries arise from the ____ ao

Answer 17

distal

Question 18

the ima arises from the ____ aspect of the distal ao and are rarely imaged

Answer 18

anterior

Question 19

With SMA and CA stenosis or occulsion it becomes _____

Answer 19

enlarged