Liver & Portal System
Name an organ that is not located within the peritoneum
kidneys or Pancreas
Normal measurement of the gallbladder wall
<3mm
The right kidney sits _________ than the left.
lower/more inferior
What is the normal pancreatic duct size?
≤ 2mm
What is the first branch off the aorta?
Celiac axis
The portal vein if formed by the union of which two vessels?
SMV and Splenic Vein
The normal CBD measure up to _______
6mm
Outermost portion of the kidney?
Cortex
Which portion of the pancreas lies just anterior to the portal confluence?
Neck
The IVC lies to the _______ of the aorta.
Right
Blood flow direction in the hepatic veins is called
hepatofugal
Pathology that appears sonographically as hyperechoic foci with comet-tail artifact in the GB wall?
adenomyomatosis
The most echogenic portion of the kidney?
sinus
Which vessel supplies the spleen?
Splenic artery from celiac axis
What do the SMV and splenic vein form together?
Portal vein
The name of the capsule that covers the Liver
Glisson's capsule
Name of the sonographic "sign" for when a GB is completely filled with echogenic stones
WES sign / wall-echo-shadow sign
A stone that fills the renal pelvis completely is called a __________.
Staghorn calculus
Splenomegaly is when the spleen measures ______ cm.
>13cm
The right renal artery passes _________ to the IVC
Posterior
Using Couinaud's liver anatomy, which segment is right anterior and superior?
segment 8
Patient presents with abdominal pain, jaundice, elevate WBC, ALT/ALP. GB shows wall thickening and stones. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Acute cholecystitis
What is the most common benign renal mass?
Angiomyolipoma
Congenital disorder with calcium in dilated collecting ducts in the medulla
Medullary Sponge Kidney
Which vessel courses posterior to the SMA and anterior to the aorta?
Left renal vein