RVT ARDMS MAIN EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔The smallest vessels in the body are:
a. arterioles
b. venules
c. capillaries
d. intimas
e. adventitias - ✔✔c. capillaries
✔✔The term tunica adventitia denotes:
a. the inner lining of the arterial wall
b. the outer lining of the arterial wall
c. transverse arterial muscle fibers
d. the intimal wall
e. the middle layer of the arterial wall - ✔✔b. the outer lining of the arterial wall
✔✔The term tunica intima denotes:
a. the inner lining of the arterial wall
b. the outer lining of the arterial wall
c. transverse arterial muscle fibers
d. longitudinal muscle fibers
e. the middle layer of the arterial wall - ✔✔a. the inner lining of the arterial wall
✔✔The blood supply to vascular tissue is provided by:
a. media perforators
b. vasa vasorum
c. osmosis across the intima only
d. septal capillary networks
e. tunica vasum - ✔✔b. vasa vasorum
✔✔The layer of arterial or venous wall composed entirely of endothelial cells in the:
a. tunica adventitia
b. tunica media
c. tunica intima
d. no layer is composes of only one type of tissue
e. each layer is composed entirely of endothelial tissue - ✔✔c. tunica intima
✔✔Regarding capillaries, which is FALSE?
a. they have only intima and adventitia layers
b. they measure approximately 8 microns in diameter
c. the transit time of blood through capillaries is approximately one to three seconds
d. they lose fluid at the arteriolar end
e. they resorb fluid at the venular end - ✔✔a. they have only intima and adventitia layers
, ✔✔A venule contains which vessel layers?
a. tunica adventitia, tunica media, and tunica intima
b. tunica adventitia and tunica media
c. tunica adventitia and tunica intima
d. tunica media and tunica intima
e. tunica media and tunica adventitia - ✔✔c. tunica adventitia and tunica intima
✔✔Atherosclerosis is a disease that begins in the:
a. adventitia
b. intima
c. transverse fibers
d. inner media
e. outer media - ✔✔b. intima
✔✔Which of the following is NOT considered a risk factor for atherosclerosis?
a. hypertension
b. female gender
c. diabetes mellitus
d. lipoprotein abnormalities
e. tobacco use - ✔✔b. female gender
✔✔Which of the following is a complication of plaque ulceration?
a. thrombosis
b. intraplaque hemorrhage
c. embolization
d. all of the above
e. none of the above - ✔✔d. all of the above
✔✔Cerebrovascular fibromuscular dysplasia occurs in:
a. males
b. females
c. Australians
d. infants
e. hypoglycemics - ✔✔b. females
✔✔Which of the following is NOT true regarding atherosclerosis?
a. atherosclerosis starts as a breakdown of the intima
b. atherosclerosis usually develops at bifurcations
c. atherosclerosis is a red blood cell disease
d. atherosclerosis is a generalized disease
e. intimal damage/repair may begin in adolescence - ✔✔c. atherosclerosis is a red
blood cell disease
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔The smallest vessels in the body are:
a. arterioles
b. venules
c. capillaries
d. intimas
e. adventitias - ✔✔c. capillaries
✔✔The term tunica adventitia denotes:
a. the inner lining of the arterial wall
b. the outer lining of the arterial wall
c. transverse arterial muscle fibers
d. the intimal wall
e. the middle layer of the arterial wall - ✔✔b. the outer lining of the arterial wall
✔✔The term tunica intima denotes:
a. the inner lining of the arterial wall
b. the outer lining of the arterial wall
c. transverse arterial muscle fibers
d. longitudinal muscle fibers
e. the middle layer of the arterial wall - ✔✔a. the inner lining of the arterial wall
✔✔The blood supply to vascular tissue is provided by:
a. media perforators
b. vasa vasorum
c. osmosis across the intima only
d. septal capillary networks
e. tunica vasum - ✔✔b. vasa vasorum
✔✔The layer of arterial or venous wall composed entirely of endothelial cells in the:
a. tunica adventitia
b. tunica media
c. tunica intima
d. no layer is composes of only one type of tissue
e. each layer is composed entirely of endothelial tissue - ✔✔c. tunica intima
✔✔Regarding capillaries, which is FALSE?
a. they have only intima and adventitia layers
b. they measure approximately 8 microns in diameter
c. the transit time of blood through capillaries is approximately one to three seconds
d. they lose fluid at the arteriolar end
e. they resorb fluid at the venular end - ✔✔a. they have only intima and adventitia layers
, ✔✔A venule contains which vessel layers?
a. tunica adventitia, tunica media, and tunica intima
b. tunica adventitia and tunica media
c. tunica adventitia and tunica intima
d. tunica media and tunica intima
e. tunica media and tunica adventitia - ✔✔c. tunica adventitia and tunica intima
✔✔Atherosclerosis is a disease that begins in the:
a. adventitia
b. intima
c. transverse fibers
d. inner media
e. outer media - ✔✔b. intima
✔✔Which of the following is NOT considered a risk factor for atherosclerosis?
a. hypertension
b. female gender
c. diabetes mellitus
d. lipoprotein abnormalities
e. tobacco use - ✔✔b. female gender
✔✔Which of the following is a complication of plaque ulceration?
a. thrombosis
b. intraplaque hemorrhage
c. embolization
d. all of the above
e. none of the above - ✔✔d. all of the above
✔✔Cerebrovascular fibromuscular dysplasia occurs in:
a. males
b. females
c. Australians
d. infants
e. hypoglycemics - ✔✔b. females
✔✔Which of the following is NOT true regarding atherosclerosis?
a. atherosclerosis starts as a breakdown of the intima
b. atherosclerosis usually develops at bifurcations
c. atherosclerosis is a red blood cell disease
d. atherosclerosis is a generalized disease
e. intimal damage/repair may begin in adolescence - ✔✔c. atherosclerosis is a red
blood cell disease
