SON 1000C FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS
Pancreas - Answer -- Non encapsulated
- Difficult to identify with sonography
What is the location of the pancreas? - Answer -Retroperitoneal, extends from C-loop
of duodenum to the hilum of the spleen.
What shape is the pancreas? - Answer -Comma-shape
What are the regions of the pancreas? - Answer -Head, Neck, Body, Tail
What is the size of the pancreatic head? - Answer -2-3 cm AP diameter
What is the size of the pancreas neck/body? - Answer -2.5 cm AP diameter
What is the size of the pancreatic tail? - Answer -2 cm AP diameter
The head of the pancreas - Answer -is located inferiorly, cradled in C-loop of the
duodenum
What two vessels does the pancreatic head contain? - Answer -GDA and CBD
Uncinate Process - Answer -Triangular structure that arises from left lateral
portion of pancreatic head
Pancreas Body - Answer -Largest segment
Pancreas Tail - Answer -Located most superiorly, extends to hilum of the spleen.
Duct of Wirsung (pancreatic duct) - Answer -- Main pancreatic duct
- Joins distal CBD at ampulla of Vator
- Normal less than 2 mm
Duct of Santorini - Answer -- Accessory duct
- Enters the duodenum approximately 2 cm superior to duct of Wirsung
Ampulla of Vator - Answer -Dilation in the second portion of the duodenum
Sphincter of Oddi - Answer -Muscle surrounding the ampulla of Vator that controls the
flow of pancreatic juice and bile into the duodenum.
Pancreas arterial supply - Answer -Pancreaticoduodenal arteries and branches of the
splenic artery.
Pancreas - Answer -- Non encapsulated
- Difficult to identify with sonography
What is the location of the pancreas? - Answer -Retroperitoneal, extends from C-loop
of duodenum to the hilum of the spleen.
What shape is the pancreas? - Answer -Comma-shape
What are the regions of the pancreas? - Answer -Head, Neck, Body, Tail
What is the size of the pancreatic head? - Answer -2-3 cm AP diameter
What is the size of the pancreas neck/body? - Answer -2.5 cm AP diameter
What is the size of the pancreatic tail? - Answer -2 cm AP diameter
The head of the pancreas - Answer -is located inferiorly, cradled in C-loop of the
duodenum
What two vessels does the pancreatic head contain? - Answer -GDA and CBD
Uncinate Process - Answer -Triangular structure that arises from left lateral
portion of pancreatic head
Pancreas Body - Answer -Largest segment
Pancreas Tail - Answer -Located most superiorly, extends to hilum of the spleen.
Duct of Wirsung (pancreatic duct) - Answer -- Main pancreatic duct
- Joins distal CBD at ampulla of Vator
- Normal less than 2 mm
Duct of Santorini - Answer -- Accessory duct
- Enters the duodenum approximately 2 cm superior to duct of Wirsung
Ampulla of Vator - Answer -Dilation in the second portion of the duodenum
Sphincter of Oddi - Answer -Muscle surrounding the ampulla of Vator that controls the
flow of pancreatic juice and bile into the duodenum.
Pancreas arterial supply - Answer -Pancreaticoduodenal arteries and branches of the
splenic artery.
