DMS 207 TEST 1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS
What organs are in the RUQ? - ANS Liver, gallbladder, biliary tree, right kidney, right adrenal
gland
What organs are in the LUQ? - ANS Stomach, spleen, left kidney, left adrenal gland
What organs are in the RLQ? - ANS Large and small bowel, cecum, appendix, right ovary/right
testes
What organs are in the LLQ? - ANS Large and small bowel, left ovary/left testes
What organs and vascular structures are midline structures? - ANS Pancreas, great vessels
(aorta, IVC), uterus, prostate, bladder
The pancreas is __________________ to the liver. - ANS hyperechoic
Smooth, uniform gray (or B-mode pattern); solid structure - ANS homogeneous
Variable shades of gray (or variable B-mode pattern); solid - ANS Heterogeneous
Contains both solid (variable gray shades) and cystic (fluid or black) components -
ANS Complex
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, For the right kidney, the renal cortex is ______________ to the renal sinus - ANS hypoechoic
What potential space is a diverticulum of the greater sac, located anterior to the pancreas and
posterior to the stomach? (foramen of Winslow) - ANS Lesser Sac
What potential space is located between the liver and diaphragm? (RUQ) - ANS Subphrenic
space
What are the two compartments that divide the peritoneal cavity? - ANS The greater and
lesser sac
What houses the liver, spleen, stomach, first portion of the duodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum,
transverse colon, sigmoid colon, and the upper two-thirds of the rectum? - ANS The greater
sac
A large apron-like double-layered sheet of peritoneum that extends inferiorly from the grater
curvature of the stomach and transverse colon. Functions to prevent the parietal peritoneum of
the anterior ABD wall from adhering the the visceral peritoneum. - ANS Greater omentum
Supracolic - ANS above the colon
Infracolic - ANS below the colon
What subdivides the greater sac into supracolic and infracolic compartments? - ANS The
greater omentum
An extension of the greater sac between the diaphragm and the anterior superior liver leftward
of the falciform ligament. - ANS Left Anterior Subphrenic Space
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ANSWERS 100% PASS
What organs are in the RUQ? - ANS Liver, gallbladder, biliary tree, right kidney, right adrenal
gland
What organs are in the LUQ? - ANS Stomach, spleen, left kidney, left adrenal gland
What organs are in the RLQ? - ANS Large and small bowel, cecum, appendix, right ovary/right
testes
What organs are in the LLQ? - ANS Large and small bowel, left ovary/left testes
What organs and vascular structures are midline structures? - ANS Pancreas, great vessels
(aorta, IVC), uterus, prostate, bladder
The pancreas is __________________ to the liver. - ANS hyperechoic
Smooth, uniform gray (or B-mode pattern); solid structure - ANS homogeneous
Variable shades of gray (or variable B-mode pattern); solid - ANS Heterogeneous
Contains both solid (variable gray shades) and cystic (fluid or black) components -
ANS Complex
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, For the right kidney, the renal cortex is ______________ to the renal sinus - ANS hypoechoic
What potential space is a diverticulum of the greater sac, located anterior to the pancreas and
posterior to the stomach? (foramen of Winslow) - ANS Lesser Sac
What potential space is located between the liver and diaphragm? (RUQ) - ANS Subphrenic
space
What are the two compartments that divide the peritoneal cavity? - ANS The greater and
lesser sac
What houses the liver, spleen, stomach, first portion of the duodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum,
transverse colon, sigmoid colon, and the upper two-thirds of the rectum? - ANS The greater
sac
A large apron-like double-layered sheet of peritoneum that extends inferiorly from the grater
curvature of the stomach and transverse colon. Functions to prevent the parietal peritoneum of
the anterior ABD wall from adhering the the visceral peritoneum. - ANS Greater omentum
Supracolic - ANS above the colon
Infracolic - ANS below the colon
What subdivides the greater sac into supracolic and infracolic compartments? - ANS The
greater omentum
An extension of the greater sac between the diaphragm and the anterior superior liver leftward
of the falciform ligament. - ANS Left Anterior Subphrenic Space
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