Gallbladder Test Prep

Question 1

In cases of choledocholithiasis, stones tend to lodge in the:

Answer 1

Ampulla of vater

Question 2

The right and left hepatic ducts emerge from the right lobe of the liver in the porta hepatis and unite to form the:

Answer 2

Common hepatic duct

Question 3

The normal diameter of the common hepatic duct is approximately ________ millimeters (mm).

Answer 3

4

Question 4

The hepatic duct is joined by the ______________ to form the ________________.

Answer 4

Cystic duct and common bile duct

Question 5

In a 50-year-old adult, the normal common bile duct should not measure more than _____ mm.

Answer 5

6

Question 6

The distal duct lies ___________ with the anterior wall of the inferior vena cava (IVC).

Answer 6

Parallel

Question 7

The cystic duct connects the _________ of the gallbladder with the common hepatic duct to form the ___________.

Answer 7

Neck, common bile duct

Question 8

A Phrygian cap of the gallbladder is:

Answer 8

Folding of the fundus

Question 9

Which one of the following is a function of the gallbladder?

Answer 9

Reservoir for bile

Question 10

A gallbladder with a small outpuch at the neck is called a:

Answer 10

Hartmann pouch

Question 11

The bright linear echo within the liver connecting the neck of the gallbladder and the right or main portal vein is called the:

Answer 11

Main lobar fissure

Question 12

Gas-forming bacteria in the gallbladder appear on ultrasound as a:

Answer 12

Bright echo with a comet tail artifact

Question 13

A positive Murphy sign is a clinical finding associated with:

Answer 13

Cholecystitis

Question 14

Classic symptoms of gallbladder disease include all of the following except:

Answer 14

Hematuria

Question 15

Thickening of the gallbladder wall may be caused by all of the following except:

Answer 15

Pancreatitis

Question 16

Which one of the following describes the most common sonographic appearance of gallbladder carcinoma?

Answer 16

Irregular echogenic mass projecting from gallbladder wall

Question 17

The common bile duct is joined by the main pancreatic duct. Together they open through the _____________________ into the duodenal wall.

Answer 17

Ampulla of Vater

Question 18

A fusiform dilation of the common bile duct is known as:

Answer 18

Choledochal cyst

Question 19

Inflammation of the gallbladder is known as

Answer 19

Cholecystitis

Question 20

A condition causing RUQ pain in which small polypoid masses arise from the gallbladder wall demonstrating “comet tail” artifact is:

Answer 20

Adenomyomatosis

Question 21

The sonographic appearance of cholelithiasis is best described as:

Answer 21

Mobile, echogenic focus demonstrating a comet tail artifact

Question 22

The most common cause of biliary ductal obstruction is the presence of a ductal:

Answer 22

Tumor

Question 23

A thick calcified gallbladder wall describes which one of the following conditions

Answer 23

Porcelain gallbladder

Question 24

Which one of the following best describes nonshadowing, low-amplitude echoes in a dependent gallbladder?

Answer 24

Sludge

Question 25

The valves of Heister are tiny valves found within the:

Answer 25

Cystic duct

Question 26

All of the following sonographic appearances are found in cases of gallbladder carcinoma except:

Answer 26

Sludge

Question 27

The physiologic effect of a fatty meal includes all of the following except:

Answer 27

Decrease bile flow to liver

Question 28

Patients positive for AIDS are at risk for developing

Answer 28

Hepatitis

Question 29

Air within the biliary tree, secondary to common bile duct stents, is called

Answer 29

Pneumobilia

Question 30

The most common tumor sites that can spread carcinoma to the biliary tree include all of the following except:

Answer 30

Kidney