Pancreas

Question 1

location of pancreas

Answer 1

left dorsal or left upper quadrant

Question 2

size of head of pancreas

Answer 2

3 cm

Question 3

size of body of pancreas

Answer 3

2 cm

Question 4

size of tail of pancreas

Answer 4

1 cm

Question 5

location of head of pancreas

Answer 5

w/in the c-loop of duodenum

Question 6

location of tail of the pancreas

Answer 6

near the hilum of the spleen

Question 7

pancreatic duct can appear as:

Answer 7

thick echogenic wall
2 echogenic line
anechoic lumen

Question 8

what are the ducts that enters the ampulla of vater

Answer 8

pancreatic duct & common bile duct

Question 9

pancreatic ducts
major duct:
minor duct:

Answer 9

wirsung
santorini

Question 10

pancreatic parenchyma is ________ than liver

Answer 10

more echogenic

Question 11

patient preparation (pancreas)

Answer 11

fasting

Question 12

probe used (pancreas)

Answer 12

3.5 MHz Curved/Convex

Question 13

Ultrasound appearance (pancreas)

Answer 13

high level echo

Question 14

pancreatic head surround the duodenum wc will develop pancreatitis tapos kug on ya ang duodenum and will cause obstruction

Answer 14

annular pancreas

Question 15

increased size, decrease parenchymal echogenecity

Answer 15

acute pancreatitis

Question 16

decreased size, increased parenchymal echogenecity

Answer 16

chronic pancreatitis

Question 17

has 2 special names

Answer 17

pancreatic cyst

Question 18

What are the two special names of pancreatic cyst?

Answer 18

phlegmon
pseudocyst

Question 19

means false
not actually a cyst
it is not fluid inside but pancreatic juice

Answer 19

pseudocyst

Question 20

not common
spherical
dirty shadowing
thick echogenic wall

Answer 20

abscess