Gallbladder Test Prep Flashcards
In cases of choledocholithiasis, stones tend to lodge in the:
Ampulla of vater
The right and left hepatic ducts emerge from the right lobe of the liver in the porta hepatis and unite to form the:
Common hepatic duct
The normal diameter of the common hepatic duct is approximately ________ millimeters (mm).
4
The hepatic duct is joined by the ______________ to form the ________________.
Cystic duct and common bile duct
In a 50-year-old adult, the normal common bile duct should not measure more than _____ mm.
6
The distal duct lies ___________ with the anterior wall of the inferior vena cava (IVC).
Parallel
The cystic duct connects the _________ of the gallbladder with the common hepatic duct to form the ___________.
Neck, common bile duct
A Phrygian cap of the gallbladder is:
Folding of the fundus
Which one of the following is a function of the gallbladder?
Reservoir for bile
A gallbladder with a small outpuch at the neck is called a:
Hartmann pouch
The bright linear echo within the liver connecting the neck of the gallbladder and the right or main portal vein is called the:
Main lobar fissure
Gas-forming bacteria in the gallbladder appear on ultrasound as a:
Bright echo with a comet tail artifact
A positive Murphy sign is a clinical finding associated with:
Cholecystitis
Classic symptoms of gallbladder disease include all of the following except:
Hematuria
Thickening of the gallbladder wall may be caused by all of the following except:
Pancreatitis
Which one of the following describes the most common sonographic appearance of gallbladder carcinoma?
Irregular echogenic mass projecting from gallbladder wall
The common bile duct is joined by the main pancreatic duct. Together they open through the _____________________ into the duodenal wall.
Ampulla of Vater
A fusiform dilation of the common bile duct is known as:
Choledochal cyst
Inflammation of the gallbladder is known as
Cholecystitis
A condition causing RUQ pain in which small polypoid masses arise from the gallbladder wall demonstrating “comet tail” artifact is:
Adenomyomatosis
The sonographic appearance of cholelithiasis is best described as:
Mobile, echogenic focus demonstrating a comet tail artifact
The most common cause of biliary ductal obstruction is the presence of a ductal:
Tumor
A thick calcified gallbladder wall describes which one of the following conditions
Porcelain gallbladder
Which one of the following best describes nonshadowing, low-amplitude echoes in a dependent gallbladder?
Sludge
The valves of Heister are tiny valves found within the:
Cystic duct
All of the following sonographic appearances are found in cases of gallbladder carcinoma except:
Sludge
The physiologic effect of a fatty meal includes all of the following except:
Decrease bile flow to liver
Patients positive for AIDS are at risk for developing
Hepatitis
Air within the biliary tree, secondary to common bile duct stents, is called
Pneumobilia
The most common tumor sites that can spread carcinoma to the biliary tree include all of the following except:
Kidney
