BONTRAGERS WORKBOOK EXAMPREP
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
COMPLETE LEARNING PACKAGE
●● Which abdominal quadrant contains the gallbladder?
Answer: RUQ
●● What is the name of the soft tissue structure that separates the right
from the left lobe of the liver?
Answer: Falciform ligament
●● Which lobe of the liver is larger, the right or the left?
Answer: Right
●● Other than the right & the left lobes, list the other 2 lobes of the liver
Answer: A. Quadrate
B. Caudate
●● True/False: The liver performs more than 100 functions
Answer: True
,●● True/False: The average healthy adult liver produces 1 gallon, or
3000 to 4000 mL, of bile per day
Answer: False (1 quart, or 800-1000 mL)
●● List the 3 primary functions of the gallbladder
Answer: 1. Store bile
2. Concentrate bile
3. Contracts to release bile into duodenum
●● True/False: Concentrated levels of cholesterol in bile may lead to
gallstones
Answer: True
●● What is a common site for impaction, or lodging, of gallstones?
Answer: Duodenal papilla
●● True/False: In about 40% of individuals, the end of the common bile
duct & the end of the pancreatic duct are totally separated into 2 ducts
rather than combining into one single passageway into the duodenum
Answer: True
●● True/False: Older terminology for the main pancreatic duct is the
duct of Vater
,Answer: False (duct of Wirsung)
●● The gallbladder is located more __________ (posteriorly or
anteriorly) within the abdomen
Answer: Anteriorly
●● Primary location within the abdomen:
Liver
Answer: To the right of the midsagittal plane
●● Primary location within the abdomen:
Gallbladder on asthenic patient
Answer: Near the midsagittal plane
●● Primary location within the abdomen:
Gallbladder on hypersthenic patient
Answer: To the right of the midsagittal plane
●● Primary location within the abdomen:
Gallbladder on hyposthenic patient
Answer: To the right of the midsagittal plane
, ●● List 4 advantages of a gallbladder ultrasound instead of the outdated
oral cholecystogram (OCG) procedure
Answer: A. No ionizing radiation
B. Better detection of small calculi
C. No contrast media required
D. Nuclear medicine
●● Cholecystocholangiography is a radiographic examination of
Answer: Study of both the gallbladder & biliary ducts
●● Which imaging modality produces cholescintigraphy?
A. CT
B. MRI
C. Radiography
D. Nuclear Medicine
Answer: D. Nuclear medicine
●● True/False: Acute cholecystitis may produce a thickened gallbladder
wall
Answer: True
●● Define this clinical indication:
Cholelithiasis
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
COMPLETE LEARNING PACKAGE
●● Which abdominal quadrant contains the gallbladder?
Answer: RUQ
●● What is the name of the soft tissue structure that separates the right
from the left lobe of the liver?
Answer: Falciform ligament
●● Which lobe of the liver is larger, the right or the left?
Answer: Right
●● Other than the right & the left lobes, list the other 2 lobes of the liver
Answer: A. Quadrate
B. Caudate
●● True/False: The liver performs more than 100 functions
Answer: True
,●● True/False: The average healthy adult liver produces 1 gallon, or
3000 to 4000 mL, of bile per day
Answer: False (1 quart, or 800-1000 mL)
●● List the 3 primary functions of the gallbladder
Answer: 1. Store bile
2. Concentrate bile
3. Contracts to release bile into duodenum
●● True/False: Concentrated levels of cholesterol in bile may lead to
gallstones
Answer: True
●● What is a common site for impaction, or lodging, of gallstones?
Answer: Duodenal papilla
●● True/False: In about 40% of individuals, the end of the common bile
duct & the end of the pancreatic duct are totally separated into 2 ducts
rather than combining into one single passageway into the duodenum
Answer: True
●● True/False: Older terminology for the main pancreatic duct is the
duct of Vater
,Answer: False (duct of Wirsung)
●● The gallbladder is located more __________ (posteriorly or
anteriorly) within the abdomen
Answer: Anteriorly
●● Primary location within the abdomen:
Liver
Answer: To the right of the midsagittal plane
●● Primary location within the abdomen:
Gallbladder on asthenic patient
Answer: Near the midsagittal plane
●● Primary location within the abdomen:
Gallbladder on hypersthenic patient
Answer: To the right of the midsagittal plane
●● Primary location within the abdomen:
Gallbladder on hyposthenic patient
Answer: To the right of the midsagittal plane
, ●● List 4 advantages of a gallbladder ultrasound instead of the outdated
oral cholecystogram (OCG) procedure
Answer: A. No ionizing radiation
B. Better detection of small calculi
C. No contrast media required
D. Nuclear medicine
●● Cholecystocholangiography is a radiographic examination of
Answer: Study of both the gallbladder & biliary ducts
●● Which imaging modality produces cholescintigraphy?
A. CT
B. MRI
C. Radiography
D. Nuclear Medicine
Answer: D. Nuclear medicine
●● True/False: Acute cholecystitis may produce a thickened gallbladder
wall
Answer: True
●● Define this clinical indication:
Cholelithiasis
