Endocrine functions of pancreas Correct Answers secretion of
insulin and glucagon
Exocrine function of pancreas Correct Answers production of
digestive enzymes
Functions of Biliary System Correct Answers drain waste
products into duodenum, help in digestion
How do bile ducts appear sonographically Correct Answers
anechoic structures with echogenic walls, measures <7mm
How do the portal vein and common bile duct travel? Correct
Answers parallely
How do you view the pancreas Correct Answers transverse
plane
How does GB appear sonographically Correct Answers
anechoic, thin echogenic walls, and posterior enhancement,
3mm thick walls
How does the pancreas appear sonographically Correct Answers
homogenous, echogenic structure, hyperechoic to liver
other functions of GB Correct Answers Ingestion of food and
contraction
, pancreas echogenicity compared to liver Correct Answers
Isoechoic or slightly hyperechoic to liver
Relationship of aorta to pancreas Correct Answers aorta is
posterior to body of pancreas
relationship of CBD to pancreas Correct Answers CBD is
posterolateral to pancreatic head
Three variants of GB Correct Answers phrygian cap, junctional
fold, or hartman's pouch
What are the 5 segments of the pancreas Correct Answers head,
neck, body, tail, and uncinate process
What are the most common patient positions during scanning?
Correct Answers Supine and decubitus
What are the normal variants of the pancreas? Correct Answers
ectopic pancreatic tissue and partial duplication of the tail
What are the pocket like invasion of the mucosa into the
muscularis layer of the GB? Correct Answers Rokitansky
Aschoff sinuses
What are the three layers of the GB wall? Correct Answers -
mucosa: innermost
-muscularis: middle
-serosa: outermost