DMS 207 TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
What veins make up the portal venous system? - Answer- superior mesenteric vein,
splenic vein, inferior mesenteric vein, main portal vain, right portal vein, left portal vein,
The right hepatic vein divides the liver into which segments? - Answer- Right Posterior
Lobe of the Liver (RPLL) and Right Anterior Lobe of the Liver (RALL)
The middle hepatic vein divides the liver into which segments? - Answer- Left Medial
Lobe of the Liver (LMLL) and Right Anterior Lobe of the Liver (RALL)
The left hepatic vein divides the liver into which segments? - Answer- Left Lateral Lobe
of Liver (LLLL) and Left Medial Lobe of the Liver (LMLL0
What is the normal measurement of a liver lobe? - Answer- 13-17 cm
Inferior extension of the anterior right lobe that extends inferior to the lower pole of the
right kidney. - Answer- Riedel's Lobe
The cortex of the kidney is _____________ to the liver - Answer- hypoechoic
What divides the right and left hepatic lobes of the liver? - Answer- Middle hepatic vein,
Main lobar fissure
What is the congenital variant of the right hepatic lobe? - Answer- Riedel's Lobe
Lateral extension of the left love reaching to and sometimes wrapping around spleen -
Answer- Beaver tail
What three parts make up the portal triad? - Answer- portal veins, hepatic arteries, and
bile ducts
What organs are in the RUQ? - Answer- Liver, gallbladder, biliary tree, right kidney, right
adrenal gland
What organs are in the LUQ? - Answer- Stomach, spleen, left kidney, left adrenal gland
, What organs are in the RLQ? - Answer- Large and small bowel, cecum, appendix, right
ovary/right testes
What organs are in the LLQ? - Answer- Large and small bowel, left ovary/left testes
What organs and vascular structures are midline structures? - Answer- Pancreas, great
vessels (aorta, IVC), uterus, prostate, bladder
The pancreas is __________________ to the liver. - Answer- hyperechoic
Smooth, uniform gray (or B-mode pattern); solid structure - Answer- homogeneous
Variable shades of gray (or variable B-mode pattern); solid - Answer- Heterogeneous
Contains both solid (variable gray shades) and cystic (fluid or black) components -
Answer- Complex
For the right kidney, the renal cortex is ______________ to the renal sinus - Answer-
hypoechoic
What potential space is a diverticulum of the greater sac, located anterior to the
pancreas and posterior to the stomach? (foramen of Winslow) - Answer- Lesser Sac
What potential space is located between the liver and diaphragm? (RUQ) - Answer-
Subphrenic space
What are the two compartments that divide the peritoneal cavity? - Answer- The greater
and lesser sac
What houses the liver, spleen, stomach, first portion of the duodenum, jejunum, ileum,
cecum, transverse colon, sigmoid colon, and the upper two-thirds of the rectum? -
Answer- The greater sac
A large apron-like double-layered sheet of peritoneum that extends inferiorly from the
grater curvature of the stomach and transverse colon. Functions to prevent the parietal
peritoneum of the anterior ABD wall from adhering the the visceral peritoneum. -
Answer- Greater omentum
Supracolic - Answer- above the colon
Infracolic - Answer- below the colon
What subdivides the greater sac into supracolic and infracolic compartments? - Answer-
The greater omentum
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
What veins make up the portal venous system? - Answer- superior mesenteric vein,
splenic vein, inferior mesenteric vein, main portal vain, right portal vein, left portal vein,
The right hepatic vein divides the liver into which segments? - Answer- Right Posterior
Lobe of the Liver (RPLL) and Right Anterior Lobe of the Liver (RALL)
The middle hepatic vein divides the liver into which segments? - Answer- Left Medial
Lobe of the Liver (LMLL) and Right Anterior Lobe of the Liver (RALL)
The left hepatic vein divides the liver into which segments? - Answer- Left Lateral Lobe
of Liver (LLLL) and Left Medial Lobe of the Liver (LMLL0
What is the normal measurement of a liver lobe? - Answer- 13-17 cm
Inferior extension of the anterior right lobe that extends inferior to the lower pole of the
right kidney. - Answer- Riedel's Lobe
The cortex of the kidney is _____________ to the liver - Answer- hypoechoic
What divides the right and left hepatic lobes of the liver? - Answer- Middle hepatic vein,
Main lobar fissure
What is the congenital variant of the right hepatic lobe? - Answer- Riedel's Lobe
Lateral extension of the left love reaching to and sometimes wrapping around spleen -
Answer- Beaver tail
What three parts make up the portal triad? - Answer- portal veins, hepatic arteries, and
bile ducts
What organs are in the RUQ? - Answer- Liver, gallbladder, biliary tree, right kidney, right
adrenal gland
What organs are in the LUQ? - Answer- Stomach, spleen, left kidney, left adrenal gland
, What organs are in the RLQ? - Answer- Large and small bowel, cecum, appendix, right
ovary/right testes
What organs are in the LLQ? - Answer- Large and small bowel, left ovary/left testes
What organs and vascular structures are midline structures? - Answer- Pancreas, great
vessels (aorta, IVC), uterus, prostate, bladder
The pancreas is __________________ to the liver. - Answer- hyperechoic
Smooth, uniform gray (or B-mode pattern); solid structure - Answer- homogeneous
Variable shades of gray (or variable B-mode pattern); solid - Answer- Heterogeneous
Contains both solid (variable gray shades) and cystic (fluid or black) components -
Answer- Complex
For the right kidney, the renal cortex is ______________ to the renal sinus - Answer-
hypoechoic
What potential space is a diverticulum of the greater sac, located anterior to the
pancreas and posterior to the stomach? (foramen of Winslow) - Answer- Lesser Sac
What potential space is located between the liver and diaphragm? (RUQ) - Answer-
Subphrenic space
What are the two compartments that divide the peritoneal cavity? - Answer- The greater
and lesser sac
What houses the liver, spleen, stomach, first portion of the duodenum, jejunum, ileum,
cecum, transverse colon, sigmoid colon, and the upper two-thirds of the rectum? -
Answer- The greater sac
A large apron-like double-layered sheet of peritoneum that extends inferiorly from the
grater curvature of the stomach and transverse colon. Functions to prevent the parietal
peritoneum of the anterior ABD wall from adhering the the visceral peritoneum. -
Answer- Greater omentum
Supracolic - Answer- above the colon
Infracolic - Answer- below the colon
What subdivides the greater sac into supracolic and infracolic compartments? - Answer-
The greater omentum
