RETROPERITONEUM Flashcards
THE ____ IS THE SEROUS MEMBRANE THAT FORMS THE LINING OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY AND COVERS MOST OF THE ABDOMINAL ORGANS
PERITONEUM
THE _______ IS A POSTERIORLY LOCATED COMPARTMENT THAT LIES BETWEEN THE TRANSVERSALIS FASCIA AND POSTERIOR PERIETAL PERITONEUM
RETROPERITONEUM
CELIAC AXIS GIVES RISE TO THREE MAJOR ARTERIES ________,_______, AND _______
COMMON HEPATIC ARTERY,LEFT GASTRIC ARTERY, AND SPLENIC ARTERY
THE COMMON HEPATIC ARTERY COURSES TOWARD THE LIVER IT BIFURCATES INTO THE _____ AND THE ______
PHA AND GDA
THE RENAL ARTERIES ARISE FROM THE LATERAL WALLS OF THE AORTA JUST BELOW THE ORIGIN OF THE
SMA
THE RIGHT RENAL ARTERY PASSES ______ TO THE IVC
POSTERIOR
THE LEFT RENAL ARTERY IS SHORTER AS THE AORTA LIES TO THE ___ OF THE MIDLINE
LEFT
THE RT AND LT GONADAL ARTERIES ARISE FROM THE _____ AORTA
DISTAL
THE ____ DILATES WITH CARDIAC FAILURE AND FLUID OVERLOAD
IVC
THE MOST COMMON TUMOR TO INVOLVE THE IVC IS THE
RENAL CELL CARCINOMA
THE MOST COMMON IVC FILTER IS THE
GREENFIELD FILTER
THE RIGHT RENAL V IS SHORT DRAINING DIRECTLY INTO THE
IVC
THE LEFT RENAL V IS LONGER PASSING BETWEEN THE SMA AND AORTA AS IT TRAVELS FROM THE _____ ______ TO THE IVC
LEFT KIDNEY
THE RT GONADAL V DRAINS INTO THE
IVC
THE LT GONADAL V DRAINS INTO THE LEFT _____ V
RENAL
-DENSE FIBROUS TISSUE NEXT TO SPINE
-APPEARS AS HYPOECHOIC MIDLINE MASS
-ALSO KNOWN AS ORMONDS OR INFLAMMATORY ANEURYSM
-ASSOCIATED WITH BILATERAL URETERAL OBSTRUCTION
RETROPREITONEAL FIBROSIS
THE ______ AND _______ VEINS PROVIDE AN ALTERNATE PATHWAY FOR VENOUS RETURN IN THE CASE OF IVC OBSTRUCTION
AZYGOUS AND HEMIAZYGOUS
THE AZYGOUS V IS LOCATED ON THE _____
RIGHT
THE HEMIAZYGOUS V IS LOCATED ON THE _____
LEFT
THE ADRENAL GLANDS AND KIDNEYS ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE _____ _______
PERIRENAL SPACE
THE _____ ADRENAL GLAND IS SHAPED LIKE A TRIANGLE OR PYRAMID
RIGHT
THE ____ ADRENAL GLAD IS CRESCENT SHAPED AND IS LOCATED ANTERIOMEDIAL TO THE UPPER POLE OF THE KIDNEY
LEFT
THE TAIL OF THE PANCREAS IS LOCATED ______ TO THE LEFT ADRENAL GLAD
ANTERIOR
THE ____ GLAND AND THE _____ ______ GLAND FUNCTION TOGETHER TO REGULATE HORMONE PRODUCTION
ADRENAL AND ANTERIOR PITUITARY
-TYPE OF ADRENAL ADENOMA
-HYPERCORTISOLISM
-INCREASED ACTH
-ADMINISTRATION OF STERIODS
CUSHINGS SYNDROME
-TYPE OF ADRENAL ADENOMA
-PRIMARY ALDOSTERONISM (EXCESSIVE ALDOSTERONE)
-ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA
CONN SYNDROME
-ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY
-HYPOADRENALISM
ADDISONS DISEASE
MOST COMON ADRENAL MASS OF INFANCY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD
ADRENAL NEUROBLASTOMA
-SEEN AS HYPERECHOIC MASSES IN THE ADRENAL BED
-PROPAGATION SPEED ARTIFACT
MYELOLIPOMA
WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON ADRENAL MASS IN A NEWBORN?
ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE
