WHOLE LOTTA REVIEW QUESTIONS Flashcards
What is micturition?
Voiding, discharge of urine
What is hyperalimentation
The administration of nutrients through IV feeding
Advantages of ultrasound
- Soft tissue information
- No ionizing radiation
- Serial studies in children-Dynamic information
- Inexpensive
Disadvantages of US
- Bowel gas/bone
- Operator dependence
- Patient size/resolution trade-off
- Cooperation
- Ternderness
Liver parenchyma arises from
a. Endoderm
b. Mesoderm
c. Ectoderm
Endoderm
What is the significance of Mesonephros?
provides partial function while permanent kidneys continue to develop
→ the mesonephric ducts/ Wolffian ducts (male genital structures), disappear in female
Which organs originate from foregut
Pharynxoral cavity upper/lower respiratory system esophagus stomach duodenum liver bile ducts pancreas
Name the parts of primordial gut
Foregut, midgut, hindgut
What is duct of Santorini?
Accessory pancreatic duct
What is the role of metanephros?
Metanephros becomes the permanent kidneys
What is the meaning of “coarctation”
Narrowing or constriction
What is the histological difference between
hemangioendotelioma and
cavernous hemangioma?
cavernous hemangioma = 1 endothelial layer & asymptomatic
hemangioendotelioma= 2 endothelial & symptomatic
A tumor marker often increased in cases of HCC, hepatoblastoma, and testicular cancer
AFP
An infant presents with a history of vomiting.
While evaluating the patient, you notice a vessel immediately anterior to the SMA
With further evaluation, this vessel is identified as SMV.
What condition is associated with this finding?
Midgut malrotation
List the causes of fatty infiltration of the liver in the pediatric population (9)
Malnutition hyperalimentation cystic fibrosis glycogen storage disease malabsorption syndrome steroid therapy acute hepatitis obesity cushings syndrome
What abdominal pathology might you expect to find in a pt with cystic fibrosis during scan? (4)
Fatty liver / Liver cirrohis
Gallstones / GB sludge
Echogenic pancreas
Meconium ileus
The stomach in hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is often filled with fluid even if the pt has been fasting
T/F
True
Patients with hemangioendothelioma typically are asymptomatic
t/f
False
Which disease results in the absence of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic ducts and possibly the absence of the GB?
biliary atresia
Which of the following may cause cirrhosis of the liver?
Biliary atresia
Cystic fibrosis
Metabolic diseases
all of the above
With hypertrophic pyloric stenosis the stomach wall is grossly enlarged.
t/f
false