ARDMS BREAST REGISTRY EXAM AND STUDY GUIDE
NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 450 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |
ALREADY GRADED A+
Anatomic layers (anterior-posterior) - ANSWER: 1. Skin
2. Subcutaneous/premammary
3. Mammary/glandular/parenchymal
4. Retromammary space
5. Muscle layers
6. Chest wall
Normal skin thickness - ANSWER: 0.5-2mm
Where are the montgomery glands contained? - ANSWER: In the areola
Sebaceous glands seen as small bumps in the areola
Layer that consists of primarily fat? - ANSWER: Premammary or subcutaneous layer
Where is the breast tissue contained? - ANSWER: Completely contained between the
layers of the superficial fascia
Name the functioning breast tissue. - ANSWER: The mammary layer
Aka glandular, parenchymal layer
Provides the architectural "framework" of the breast - ANSWER: Cooper's ligaments
Suspensory ligaments
Smallest functional unit of the breast - ANSWER: Acini
Acinus or acinar cell
What is the function of the acini? - ANSWER: Milk-producing gland
Hundreds in each breast
Each acini gives rise to a ductule
What is the TDLU made up of? - ANSWER: Lobule, intralobular terminal ducts,
extralobular terminal duct
Where does nearly all breast pathology orginate? - ANSWER: TDLU
, Number of lobes each breast? - ANSWER: 15-20 lobes
The ________ enlarges slightly beneath the areola forming ________ - ANSWER:
Lactiferous ducts, lactiferous sinus
The function of the myoepithelium. - ANSWER: To propel milk within the ducts
toward the nipple.
Athelia - ANSWER: Absence of the nipple
Polythelia - ANSWER: Accessory nipple
Amazia - ANSWER: Absence of the breast tissue with development of the nipple
Amastia - ANSWER: Absence of 1 or both breasts
Polymastia - ANSWER: Accessory breast or more than 2 breats
Which venous system allows communication between the right and left breats? -
ANSWER: Superficial veins
(This may be the route for cancer mestastizing to the opposite breasts)
The _____ also communicate with the vertebral veins. This may be the route for
bone metastsis from breast cancer. - ANSWER: Intercoastal veins
Breast cancer most frequently spreads by - ANSWER: hematogenous route
Percentage of lymphatic drainage that travels to the axilla. - ANSWER: 75%
The axillary lymph node cahin consists of how many groups of nodes? - ANSWER:
Interpectoral (rotters) nodes- found between pectoralis major and minor muscles
(up high in the chest)
Lymph node group typically responsible for distant mets - ANSWER: Supraclavicular
lymph nodes
Lymph node group typically responsible for liver mets. - ANSWER: Diaphragmatic
lymph nodes
When a lymph node becomes more fatty.... - ANSWER: The cortex thins and the
hilum is more prominent
When a lymph node becomes cancerous,.... - ANSWER: It generally enlarges and
definition of the hilum is lost.
NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 450 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |
ALREADY GRADED A+
Anatomic layers (anterior-posterior) - ANSWER: 1. Skin
2. Subcutaneous/premammary
3. Mammary/glandular/parenchymal
4. Retromammary space
5. Muscle layers
6. Chest wall
Normal skin thickness - ANSWER: 0.5-2mm
Where are the montgomery glands contained? - ANSWER: In the areola
Sebaceous glands seen as small bumps in the areola
Layer that consists of primarily fat? - ANSWER: Premammary or subcutaneous layer
Where is the breast tissue contained? - ANSWER: Completely contained between the
layers of the superficial fascia
Name the functioning breast tissue. - ANSWER: The mammary layer
Aka glandular, parenchymal layer
Provides the architectural "framework" of the breast - ANSWER: Cooper's ligaments
Suspensory ligaments
Smallest functional unit of the breast - ANSWER: Acini
Acinus or acinar cell
What is the function of the acini? - ANSWER: Milk-producing gland
Hundreds in each breast
Each acini gives rise to a ductule
What is the TDLU made up of? - ANSWER: Lobule, intralobular terminal ducts,
extralobular terminal duct
Where does nearly all breast pathology orginate? - ANSWER: TDLU
, Number of lobes each breast? - ANSWER: 15-20 lobes
The ________ enlarges slightly beneath the areola forming ________ - ANSWER:
Lactiferous ducts, lactiferous sinus
The function of the myoepithelium. - ANSWER: To propel milk within the ducts
toward the nipple.
Athelia - ANSWER: Absence of the nipple
Polythelia - ANSWER: Accessory nipple
Amazia - ANSWER: Absence of the breast tissue with development of the nipple
Amastia - ANSWER: Absence of 1 or both breasts
Polymastia - ANSWER: Accessory breast or more than 2 breats
Which venous system allows communication between the right and left breats? -
ANSWER: Superficial veins
(This may be the route for cancer mestastizing to the opposite breasts)
The _____ also communicate with the vertebral veins. This may be the route for
bone metastsis from breast cancer. - ANSWER: Intercoastal veins
Breast cancer most frequently spreads by - ANSWER: hematogenous route
Percentage of lymphatic drainage that travels to the axilla. - ANSWER: 75%
The axillary lymph node cahin consists of how many groups of nodes? - ANSWER:
Interpectoral (rotters) nodes- found between pectoralis major and minor muscles
(up high in the chest)
Lymph node group typically responsible for distant mets - ANSWER: Supraclavicular
lymph nodes
Lymph node group typically responsible for liver mets. - ANSWER: Diaphragmatic
lymph nodes
When a lymph node becomes more fatty.... - ANSWER: The cortex thins and the
hilum is more prominent
When a lymph node becomes cancerous,.... - ANSWER: It generally enlarges and
definition of the hilum is lost.
