ARDMS ABDOMEN EVALUATION TEST ANSWERS
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔chronic active hepatitis is a progressive destructive liver disease that eventually
leads to:
liver cysts, hepatoma, cirrhosis, pancreatitis, liver metastases - ✔✔cirrhosis
✔✔the seminal vesicles:
produce sperm located within the prostate, produce sperm located posterior to the
urinary bladder, are the reservoir for sperm and are located posterior to the urinary
bladder, are the reservoir for sperm and are located between the mediastinum testes
and the pampiniform plexus, are the reservoir for sperm and located in the peripheral
zone of the prostate - ✔✔are the reservoir for sperm and are located posterior to the
urinary bladder
✔✔a 35 year old woman presents with a tender neck, and on physical exam an
enlarged thyroid is found. An enlarged inhomogeneous thyroid with irregular borders is
seen on the sonogram. This is most characteristic of:
a malignant lesion, graves disease, cyst, adenomatous hyperplasia, hashimotos
thyroiditis - ✔✔hashimotos thyroiditis
✔✔identify the laboratory values, which are most consistent for a patient with acute
pancreatitis:
creatinine and BUN will both rise but creatinine remains higher for a longer period of
time, amylase and alkaline phosphatase will both rise but amylase remains higher for
longer period of time, amy and lipase rise at the same rate but lipase remains higher for
a longer period of time, insulin and glucose will both rise but glucose will remain higher
for a longer period of time, epinephrine and norepinephrine will both rise and stay
elevated for the same period of time - ✔✔amylase and lipase rise at the same rate but
lipase remains higher for a longer period of time
, ✔✔when hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is imaged in the short axis the muscle wall
measures at least:
2 mm, 4 mm, 6 mm, 8 mm, 12 mm - ✔✔4 mm
✔✔an abdominal sonogram is performed on a 35 year old male with a history of primary
cancer of the liver now presents with abdominal pain and increasing abdominal girth.
this is most consistent with:
cholecystitis, pancreatitis, portal hypertension, budd chiari syndrome, renal failure -
✔✔budd chiari syndrome
✔✔one method to diagnose renal obstruction is to document the resistive index (RI)
greater than:
0.07, 0.09, 0.30, 0.50, 0.70 - ✔✔0.70
✔✔islet cell tumors of the pancreas are most likely to be located in the pancreatic:
head and neck, neck and tail, uncinate process, body and tail, head and body - ✔✔body
and tail
✔✔the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity is the:
visceral peritoneum, parietal peritoneum, pleura, endometrial lining, serosal lining -
✔✔parietal peritoneum
✔✔the quadratus lumborum muscles are located:
medial to the lumbar spine, in the anterior abdominal wall, between the kidneys and the
adrenal glands, posterior to the kidneys, perirenal - ✔✔posterior to the kidneys
✔✔all of the following are associated with cirrhosis except:
ascites, splenomegaly, jaundice, hepatomegaly, collateral vessel development -
✔✔hepatomegaly
✔✔a cystic mass that extends from the renal pelvis to outside the renal capsule is:
a parapelvic cyst, an extrarenal pelvis, a renal artery aneurysm, a grade 2
hydronephrosis, duplex collecting system - ✔✔an extrarenal pelvis
✔✔a 1 week old male infant presents with a left flank mass. an IVP demonstrates a
normal right kidney, but there is no visualization of the left kidney. A sonogram is
performed and numerous noncommunicating round cystic structures are demonstrated
in the left renal fossa, the largest of which is located laterally. No renal parenchyma is
identified. The right kidney is normal. This most probably represents:
severe hydronephrosis, polycystic kidneys, a multicystic kidney, nephroblostoma,
unilateral renal agenesis - ✔✔a multicystic kidney
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔chronic active hepatitis is a progressive destructive liver disease that eventually
leads to:
liver cysts, hepatoma, cirrhosis, pancreatitis, liver metastases - ✔✔cirrhosis
✔✔the seminal vesicles:
produce sperm located within the prostate, produce sperm located posterior to the
urinary bladder, are the reservoir for sperm and are located posterior to the urinary
bladder, are the reservoir for sperm and are located between the mediastinum testes
and the pampiniform plexus, are the reservoir for sperm and located in the peripheral
zone of the prostate - ✔✔are the reservoir for sperm and are located posterior to the
urinary bladder
✔✔a 35 year old woman presents with a tender neck, and on physical exam an
enlarged thyroid is found. An enlarged inhomogeneous thyroid with irregular borders is
seen on the sonogram. This is most characteristic of:
a malignant lesion, graves disease, cyst, adenomatous hyperplasia, hashimotos
thyroiditis - ✔✔hashimotos thyroiditis
✔✔identify the laboratory values, which are most consistent for a patient with acute
pancreatitis:
creatinine and BUN will both rise but creatinine remains higher for a longer period of
time, amylase and alkaline phosphatase will both rise but amylase remains higher for
longer period of time, amy and lipase rise at the same rate but lipase remains higher for
a longer period of time, insulin and glucose will both rise but glucose will remain higher
for a longer period of time, epinephrine and norepinephrine will both rise and stay
elevated for the same period of time - ✔✔amylase and lipase rise at the same rate but
lipase remains higher for a longer period of time
, ✔✔when hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is imaged in the short axis the muscle wall
measures at least:
2 mm, 4 mm, 6 mm, 8 mm, 12 mm - ✔✔4 mm
✔✔an abdominal sonogram is performed on a 35 year old male with a history of primary
cancer of the liver now presents with abdominal pain and increasing abdominal girth.
this is most consistent with:
cholecystitis, pancreatitis, portal hypertension, budd chiari syndrome, renal failure -
✔✔budd chiari syndrome
✔✔one method to diagnose renal obstruction is to document the resistive index (RI)
greater than:
0.07, 0.09, 0.30, 0.50, 0.70 - ✔✔0.70
✔✔islet cell tumors of the pancreas are most likely to be located in the pancreatic:
head and neck, neck and tail, uncinate process, body and tail, head and body - ✔✔body
and tail
✔✔the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity is the:
visceral peritoneum, parietal peritoneum, pleura, endometrial lining, serosal lining -
✔✔parietal peritoneum
✔✔the quadratus lumborum muscles are located:
medial to the lumbar spine, in the anterior abdominal wall, between the kidneys and the
adrenal glands, posterior to the kidneys, perirenal - ✔✔posterior to the kidneys
✔✔all of the following are associated with cirrhosis except:
ascites, splenomegaly, jaundice, hepatomegaly, collateral vessel development -
✔✔hepatomegaly
✔✔a cystic mass that extends from the renal pelvis to outside the renal capsule is:
a parapelvic cyst, an extrarenal pelvis, a renal artery aneurysm, a grade 2
hydronephrosis, duplex collecting system - ✔✔an extrarenal pelvis
✔✔a 1 week old male infant presents with a left flank mass. an IVP demonstrates a
normal right kidney, but there is no visualization of the left kidney. A sonogram is
performed and numerous noncommunicating round cystic structures are demonstrated
in the left renal fossa, the largest of which is located laterally. No renal parenchyma is
identified. The right kidney is normal. This most probably represents:
severe hydronephrosis, polycystic kidneys, a multicystic kidney, nephroblostoma,
unilateral renal agenesis - ✔✔a multicystic kidney
