Chapter 5: Comparative Sectional Anatomy of the Abdominopelvic Cavity

Question 1

Computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound share terminology describing
the body planes. Identify the plane that divides the body into upper and
lower sections.

Answer 1

Transverse

Question 2

Choose the definition of a sagittal plane

Answer 2

A lengthwise plane running from front to back dividing the body or
any of its parts into right and left sides, or two equal halves.

Question 3

What lies superior to the level of the caudate lobe on the
transverse plane?
Anatomy.

Answer 3

Splenic Artery, Splenic Vein, and Falciform ligament

Question 4

Which of the following lies inferior to the level of the caudate lobe and
celiac axis on the transverse plane?

Answer 4

Renal Arteries. As well as the celiac axis, psoas major muscles, portal confluence, and superior mesenteric vein.

Question 5

Choose the structure that divides at the level of the aortic bifurcation

Answer 5

Common iliac arteries

Question 6

Morison’s pouch is anterior to which organ?

Answer 6

Right kidney

Question 7

When imaging on the longitudinal plane at the level of the liver, inferior
vena cava, pancreas, and gastroduodenal artery, which of the following
enters the left lobe of the liver?

Answer 7

Portal Vein

Question 8

Both the sagittal and coronal planes divide the body lengthwise. How
does the coronal plane divide the body?

Answer 8

Front to back

Question 9

Select the description of the midsagittal plane.

Answer 9

Plane dividing the body into equal right and left halves

Question 10

An image dividing the right kidney into anterior and posterior sections
describes the:

Answer 10

Coronal plane

Question 11

What does the celiac axis branch off to

Answer 11

Left gastric artery, splenic artery, and hepatic artery