DMS 207 IVC EXAM QUESTIONS
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ANSWERS
The portal veins can be differentiated from the hepatic veins by all of the following
except:
a. portal veins become larger as they approach the diaphragm
b. portal veins have echogenic borders
c. portal veins bifurcate into right and left branches
d. the main portal vein is part of the portal triad - Answer- portal veins become larger as
they approach the diaphragm
WHICH vessel supplies 75% of the blood to the liver?
a. hepatic artery
b. portal vein
c. IVC
d. hepatic veins - Answer- portal vein
The portal vein is formed by the confluence of the WHAT AND WHAT
a. splenic vein and SMV and sometimes the IMV
b. IMV, SMV
c. SMV and coronary veins
d. splenic and IMV - Answer- splenic vein and SMV and sometimes the IMV
The portal triad is composed of... - Answer- portal vein, common bile duct, and hepatic
artery
A patient in the supine resting position should have a portal vein measurement of no
more than...
a. 7 mm in diameter
b. 10 mm in diameter
c. 13 mm in diameter
d. 15 mm in diameter - Answer- 13 mm in diameter
Which veins enlarge as they approach the diaphragm?
, a. portal veins
b. coronary veins
c. hepatic veins
d. splenic vein - Answer- hepatic veins
The IVC can be divided into the following sections...
a. suprahepatic, infrahepatic, and midhepatic
b. hepatic, prerenal, renal, and postrenal
c. hepatic, lumbar, renal, and gonadal
d. all of the above - Answer- suprahepatic, infrahepatic, and midhepatic
The inferior phrenic veins are located (ORIENTATION) to the hepatic veins
a. superior
b. inferior
c. anterior - Answer- superior
The diameter of the normal adult IVC is approximately WHAT
a. 1 cm
b. 1.5 cm
c. 2.5 cm
d. 3 cm - Answer- 2.5 cm
WHAT vessel courses along the posterior surface of the body and tail of the pancreas
A. SMA
B. LRA
C. AO
D. SPLENIC ARTERY
E. SPLENIC VEIN - Answer- splenic vein
WHAT vessel is seen anterior to the AO and posterior to the SMA
A. SPLENIC VEIN
B. CHA
C. GONADAL ARTERY
D. GASTRIC V.
E. LRV - Answer- LRV
The IVC forms at the confluence of the WHAT
A. R/L CAROTID V.
B. R/L COMMON ILIAC V.
C. R/L LUMBAR V.
D. R/L RENAL V. - Answer- R/L COMMON ILIAC V.
The portal vein is formed by the union of WHAT and WHAT - Answer- splenic vein and
SMV
WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
The portal veins can be differentiated from the hepatic veins by all of the following
except:
a. portal veins become larger as they approach the diaphragm
b. portal veins have echogenic borders
c. portal veins bifurcate into right and left branches
d. the main portal vein is part of the portal triad - Answer- portal veins become larger as
they approach the diaphragm
WHICH vessel supplies 75% of the blood to the liver?
a. hepatic artery
b. portal vein
c. IVC
d. hepatic veins - Answer- portal vein
The portal vein is formed by the confluence of the WHAT AND WHAT
a. splenic vein and SMV and sometimes the IMV
b. IMV, SMV
c. SMV and coronary veins
d. splenic and IMV - Answer- splenic vein and SMV and sometimes the IMV
The portal triad is composed of... - Answer- portal vein, common bile duct, and hepatic
artery
A patient in the supine resting position should have a portal vein measurement of no
more than...
a. 7 mm in diameter
b. 10 mm in diameter
c. 13 mm in diameter
d. 15 mm in diameter - Answer- 13 mm in diameter
Which veins enlarge as they approach the diaphragm?
, a. portal veins
b. coronary veins
c. hepatic veins
d. splenic vein - Answer- hepatic veins
The IVC can be divided into the following sections...
a. suprahepatic, infrahepatic, and midhepatic
b. hepatic, prerenal, renal, and postrenal
c. hepatic, lumbar, renal, and gonadal
d. all of the above - Answer- suprahepatic, infrahepatic, and midhepatic
The inferior phrenic veins are located (ORIENTATION) to the hepatic veins
a. superior
b. inferior
c. anterior - Answer- superior
The diameter of the normal adult IVC is approximately WHAT
a. 1 cm
b. 1.5 cm
c. 2.5 cm
d. 3 cm - Answer- 2.5 cm
WHAT vessel courses along the posterior surface of the body and tail of the pancreas
A. SMA
B. LRA
C. AO
D. SPLENIC ARTERY
E. SPLENIC VEIN - Answer- splenic vein
WHAT vessel is seen anterior to the AO and posterior to the SMA
A. SPLENIC VEIN
B. CHA
C. GONADAL ARTERY
D. GASTRIC V.
E. LRV - Answer- LRV
The IVC forms at the confluence of the WHAT
A. R/L CAROTID V.
B. R/L COMMON ILIAC V.
C. R/L LUMBAR V.
D. R/L RENAL V. - Answer- R/L COMMON ILIAC V.
The portal vein is formed by the union of WHAT and WHAT - Answer- splenic vein and
SMV
