Abdominal Doppler Venous Hepatic QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Hepatic inflow CORRECT ANSWERS: Hepatic Artery Portal Vein Hepatic outflow CORRECT ANSWERS: Hepatic veins Hepatic artery provides CORRECT ANSWERS: 20-30% of blood going into the liver. Oxygenated. Portal Vein provides CORRECT ANSWERS: 70-80% of blood going into the liver. Nutrient rich blood from GI tract. Hepatic veins CORRECT ANSWERS: Drain into IVC Liver vasculature CORRECT ANSWERS: Hepatic Artery CORRECT ANSWERS: Branch of celiac artery. Terminates at the porta hepatis. Branches into right and left. Courses adjacent to portal veins throughout the liver. Portal Vein CORRECT ANSWERS: Begins at junction of spleic vein and SMV. Divides into right and left. Artery "wanna be": - brings blood TO an organ. - Thick walls, no valves. Abdominal Duplex CORRECT ANSWERS: Ultrasound examination of liver vasculature. B-mode, color, Pulsed wave Doppler. Abdominal doppler indications CORRECT ANSWERS: Cirrhosis. Ascites. Portal Hypertension. Jaundice. Portal Vein Thrombosis. Abdominal Malignancy. Abdominal Trauma. Exam protocol 1 CORRECT ANSWERS: Evaluate: Liver for size, echogenicity. masses. Spleen for splenomegaly. Ascites. Exam protocol 2 CORRECT ANSWERS: Evaluate vasculat