Test 1

Question 1

Which arterial layer is made up of endothelial cells?

Answer 1

Intima

Question 2

The splenic artery supplies the ______

Answer 2

Spleen
Pancreas &
Stomach

Question 3

The (blank) and the celiac artery may share a common trunk at their origin.

Answer 3

Superior mesenteric artery

Question 4

The celiac artery is the (blank) anterior branch off of the aorta

Answer 4

First

Question 5

What are the three branches off of the celiac artery?

Answer 5

Common hepatic
Splenic artery
Left gastric artery

Question 6

What vessel carries venous blood from the intestines and the spleen to the liver?

Answer 6

The portal vein

Question 7

The gonadal arteries arise from the aorta superior to the:

Answer 7

Inferior mesenteric artery

Question 8

The epiploic foramen usuallly facilitates flow between which structures or spaces?

Answer 8

Hepatorenal space and the lesser sac

Question 9

Arteries that supply organs that require constant perfusion display which type of spectral waveform?

Answer 9

Low resistant

Question 10

In females, the inguinal canal serves as a passage way for:

Answer 10

The round ligament

Question 11

What term refers to peritoneum that surrounds the abdominal organs?

Answer 11

Visceral peritoneum

Question 12

The lesser sac contains which organs?

Answer 12

The lesser sac does not contain any organs

Question 13

Morrisons pouch refers to the peritoneal reflection between the:

Answer 13

Liver and right kidney

Question 14

What hangs over the intestines like an apron?

Answer 14

The greater omentum

Question 15

Which of the following structures is not retroperitoneal in location?

Aorta
Psoas muscles
Spleen
Kidney
Pancreas head

Answer 15

Spleen is not retroperitoneal in location

Question 16

A fluid collection between the diaphragm and the spleen would be in which space?

Answer 16

Subphrenic

Question 17

When imaging the inferior vena cava longitudinally, what structure is most likely to appear sonographically as a circular anechoic structure posterior to it?

Answer 17

The right renal artery

Question 18

What is the name of the ligament that is the left lateral extension of the greater omentum that connects the gastric greater curvature to the superior splenic hilum and forms a portion of the left lateral border of the lesser sac?

Answer 18

The gastrosplenic ligament

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a direct branch of the abdominal aorta?

Celiac axis
Renal artery
Inferior mesenteric artery
Superior mesenteric artery
External iliac artery

Answer 19

External iliac artery is not a direct branch off of the AO

Question 20

What is the area lateral to the ascending colon where free fluid can collect?

Answer 20

Right paracolic gutter

Question 21

What best describes the location of the descending colon?

Answer 21

Retroperitoneal

Question 22

What best describes the location of the prostate gland?

Answer 22

Extraperitoneal

Question 23

What connects intraperitoneal structures to the cavity wall?

Answer 23

Mesentery

Question 24

What best describes the location of the adrenal glands?

Answer 24

Retroperitoneal

Question 25

Which best describes the location of the superior mesenteric artery?

Answer 25

Retroperitoneal

Question 26

What best describes the location of the uterus?

Answer 26

Extraperitoneal

Question 27

The ivc can be divided into the following sections:

Answer 27

Hepatic, prerenal, renal, postrenal

Question 28

True/False:
The anterior curl-de-sac is seen in both men and women

Answer 28

false

Question 29

True/False:
The Psoas muscle begins lateral to the spine in the T12/L1 region and inserts into the lesser trochanter of the femur.

Answer 29

True

Question 30

True/False:
Transudative ascites will appear complex on ultrasound:

Answer 30

False

Question 31

List three intraperitoneal ligaments

Answer 31

Falciform
Coronary
Triangular

Question 32

List three portions of bowel that are intraperitoneal:

Answer 32

Transverse colonX
Appendix