LIVER
The number of lobes that comprise the liver.
What is the number 3?
These vessels come together to form the Portal Confluence
What is SPLENIC VEIN and SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN?
The aorta's relationship to the spine
What is Anterior?
This organ lies superior to the left kidney
What is THE SPLEEN?
Used to describe the specific pattern and brightness of organs and tissues seen on ultrasound
What is ECHOTEXTURE?
The normal ultrasound appearance of the liver.
What is HOMOGENEOUS?
The portal vein branches into ____
What is right and left?
The landmark that separates the thoracic aorta from the abdominal aorta.
What is the diaphragm?
This vessels passes between the SMA and the aorta
What is the Left Renal Vein?
Posterior enhancement is another term for ______
What is THROUGH TRANSMISSION?
Fibrous connective tissue that encases the liver
What is GLISSON'S CAPSULE?
Flow towards the liver
What is Hepatopetal?
The type of blood flow typically displayed by the proximal abdominal aorta
What is Low Resistance?
The longest vein in the human body.
What is the Great Saphenous Vein?
The scanning plane that images in a cross section horizontally
What is Transverse?
Tongue-like extension of the right liver lobe that covers the right kidney.
What is RIEDEL'S LOBE?
Flow away from liver
What is Hepatofugal?
A bulging or dilation of the aortic wall
What is Aneurysm?
The first branch off the abdominal aorta
What is the celiac axis?
The scanning plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior
What is Coronal?
Increased pressure in the Portal Venous System caused by liver disease or heart failure.
What is Portal Hypertension?
The three layers of the aortic wall from the inside out
What is Tunica intima, Tunica media, and Tunica Adventitia?
The area between the right lobe of the liver and the right kidney
What is Morrison's pouch?
These 4 directions are displayed on a sagittal scan
What is Anterior, Posterior, Superior and Inferior?