GI Tract
What is the average length of the appendix?
3 inches
What is the most common congenital anomaly of the pancreas?
Ectopic tissue
What vascular landmark is located superior to the pancreas?
Celiac trunk
What artery provides the blood supply to the spleen?
Splenic artery
What is the potential space located between the liver edge and right kidney?
Morison's pouch
The appendix is located on the abdominal wall under __________.
McBurney's point
The arterial blood supply for the pancreas is from the pancreaticoduodenal arteries and branch off which artery?
Splenic artery
An endocrine function of the pancreas includes secretion of what hormone?
Insulin
Which area of the abdomen is the spleen located?
Left hypochondrium
Peritoneal Cavity
LUQ
What is the average length of the adult kidney?
9-12 cm
On a long scan, what is the discrete linear echo in the deepest layer of the abdominal wall?
Peritoneal line
Where does the endocrine function of the pancreas take place?
Islets of Langerhans
What is the name of the accessory duct of the pancreas?
At what size is the spleen considered to be enlarged?
> 13 cm
Posteriorly
Colon
What cavity is the majority of the pancreas located?
Retroperitoneal
Where would you be most likely to visualize the pancreatic duct?
body
Splenic agenesis is associated wiht congenital disease of which organ?
cardiac/heart
What is the vessel seen posterior to the IVC on sagittal scans?
Right renal artery
The structure often seen on a long ultrasound to the left of the midline as a "bull eye" target lesion is the ________.
Acinar cells secrete enzymes: trypsin, lipase, and amylase. They are released into the duodenum to aid in ___________.
Digestion
Aorta
What is the medical term used to describe a spleen that has migrated from its normal location?
What is the term used to describe a central cystic region that extends beyond the medial renal border?
Extrarenal pelvis