Which body system regulates body chemistry and many body functions?

The pancreas is located in which abdominal region?

Which plane passes through the hilum of the kidneys?

The linea alba is found in the

The membrane that covers an internal organ is known as the

The adrenal glands may be found

The clinical significance of peritoneal recesses is

The portal veins carry blood from the

The celiac trunk branches into three vessels. The cystic artery is one of these three vessels. True or False?

The portal venous system receives blood from the kidneys. True or False

What vessel passes anterior to the third part of the duodenum and posterior to the neck of the pancreas?

The duodenum and parts of the stomach are supplied by the

Which vessels pass anterior to the uncinate process of the pancreas?

The distribution of the superior mesenteric artery is to the

Which vein begins at the hilum of the spleen joining the short gastric and left gastroepiploic vein?

The most common site for echinococcus growth is in the

The amebic abscess may reach the liver through the

What benign liver tumor is located near the free edge of the liver and is solitary, well-circumscribed, and a nonencapsulated multinodular mass?

Common malignancies affecting the pediatric population include hepatoblastoma. True or False?

An abnormal decrease in platelets may be the result of an

The normal sonographic appearance of the splenic parenchyma is

In the early stages of sickle cell anemia, the spleen generally appears

The statement describes the correct anatomic location of structures adjacent to the spleen: The left kidney lies inferior and medial to the spleen. True or False?

The function of the spleen: destruction of white blood cells. True or False?

The splenic artery courses along the

If the celiac axis is well visualized, the sonographers should move the transducer in the direction to image the pancreas.

The main pancreatic duct joins the before entering the second part of the duodenum.

Clinical signs and symptoms of acute pancreatitis include severe lower abdominal pain radiating to the right shoulder. True or False?

The most common cause of acute pancreatitis in the United States is

The exocrine function of the pancreas is performed by the

Gallstones are present in 40% to 60% of patients with

In cases of acute pancreatitis, the parenchyma of the pancreas generally appears

The mesentery projects from the parietal peritoneum attaching to the

Which structure is often visualized on a sagittal ultrasound as a 'bull's eye' or target pattern anterior to the aorta and posterior to the left lobe of the liver?

The statement about gastric carcinoma: Gastric carcinoma is the ninth leading cause of death. True or False?

The sonographic characteristics of lymphoma of the stomach include: relatively large and hyperechoic appearance. True or False?

Small bowel obstruction is associated with

Acute appendicitis may be seen on a transverse sonogram as a

The target-shaped body is located in the midline anterior to the pancreas body.

The best way to distinguish the hepatic from the portal veins is portal veins empty into the inferior vena cava. True or False?

The primary functions of the liver include bile storage. True or False?

The statement regarding collateral circulation: The veins of the ascending colon anastamose with the portal vein. True or False?

Which is noted in type 1 glycogen storage disease?

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

A fusiform dilation of the common bile duct is known as ____.

Inflammation of the gallbladder is known as ____.

A condition causing RUQ pain in which small polyploid masses from the gallbladder wall demonstrating “comet tail” artifact is ___.

The sonographic appearance of cholelithiasis is best described as ____.

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

A thick calcified gallbladder wall describes which condition?

Which best describes non-shadowing, low-amplitude echoes in a dependent gallbladder?

The statement about the spleen: The spleen is located within the retroperitoneum. True or False?

Lymph nodes emerge from the splenic hilum and course along the ___.

Splenomegaly may result from the subphrenic abscess. True or False?

The sonographic findings of Crohn’s disease may include calcification. True or False?

A lymphocele may be defined as a ___.

The superior portion of the subhepatic space is called ____.

The ___ is able to adhere to diseased organs.

On ultrasound, a discrete linear echogenicity in the deepest layer of the anterior abdominal wall is the ____.