RTE 1503 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PAPER 2026
EXAM Q&A STUDY GUIDE UPDATED
◉ Falciform ligament. Answer: Divides the right and left lobes located
anterioly
◉ What are the 2 minor lobes in the liver and where are they located?
Answer: Caudal and quadratic located posteriorly
◉ How much bile is made in the liver? Answer: .5 to 1.5 liters per day
◉ Chole. Answer: Bile
◉ Cholangio. Answer: Biliary ducts or structures
◉ Cholecyst or cholecysto. Answer: Gallbladder
◉ Choledocho. Answer: Common bile duct (CBD)
◉ cyst or cysto. Answer: Bladder
,◉ Cholelithiasis. Answer: Condition of having gallstones
◉ Gallbladder procedures. Answer: 1. PTC: Percutaneous Transhepatic
Cholangiography;
2. Post-op or T-tube Cholangiogram;
3. Immediate or operative Cholangiogram
◉ Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography. Answer: Accesses bile
ducts with "skinny needle" or Chiba through the intercostal rib space for
drainage or imaging purposes
-can cause pneumothorax, punctured liver, hemorrage, sepsis
◉ Post-op or T-tube cholangiogram. Answer: Exam where T-tube
placed during surgery for drainage
-done to check potency of biliary structures for no leakage
◉ Immediate or operative cholangiogram. Answer: Common GB
imaging study, watch contrast fill biliary structures, after surgery to
check for residual stones and fill
,◉ What is the preferred position for gallbladder imaging and why?
Answer: LAO, to keep contrast in and move spine away from
gallbladder
◉ Where is the gallbladder in an asthenic patient? Answer: Gallbladder
near spine and low
◉ Where is the gallbladder in an hypersthenic patient? Answer:
Gallbladder up and near diaphragm, transverse
◉ Chest pathologies. Answer: Aspiration, atelectasis, bronchiectasis,
bronchitis, COPD, emphysema, metastases, plural effusion,
pneumothorax, primary & secondary tuberculosis, cystic fibrosis
◉ Aspiration. Answer: Something stuck in the throat. Decrease technical
factors due to soft tissue
◉ Atelectasis. Answer: Collapsed lung, partial or whole
-increase technique: absence of air
◉ Bronchiectasis. Answer: Dense fluid in bronchiole in lower
respiratory system
-Patient. Can cough it out on trendelenburg; no technique change
, -same as Bronchitis
◉ COPD. Answer: Culmination of 2 disease or more: lower technique
due to air trapped in lungs
◉ Emphysema. Answer: Ruptured alveoli that has air stuck in them are
dense and black: lower technique
◉ Bulla. Answer: Group of ruptured aveoli
◉ Metastases. Answer: Secondary cancer spread from primary source.
-can be Osterlytic or additive: type unknown until X ray done
◉ Osterlytic. Answer: Destructive: increase technique
◉ Osteoblastic. Answer: Additive: decrease technique
◉ Plural effusion. Answer: Fluid in the pleural cavity: increase
technique
◉ Pneumothorax. Answer: Air in pleural cavity: decrease technique
EXAM Q&A STUDY GUIDE UPDATED
◉ Falciform ligament. Answer: Divides the right and left lobes located
anterioly
◉ What are the 2 minor lobes in the liver and where are they located?
Answer: Caudal and quadratic located posteriorly
◉ How much bile is made in the liver? Answer: .5 to 1.5 liters per day
◉ Chole. Answer: Bile
◉ Cholangio. Answer: Biliary ducts or structures
◉ Cholecyst or cholecysto. Answer: Gallbladder
◉ Choledocho. Answer: Common bile duct (CBD)
◉ cyst or cysto. Answer: Bladder
,◉ Cholelithiasis. Answer: Condition of having gallstones
◉ Gallbladder procedures. Answer: 1. PTC: Percutaneous Transhepatic
Cholangiography;
2. Post-op or T-tube Cholangiogram;
3. Immediate or operative Cholangiogram
◉ Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography. Answer: Accesses bile
ducts with "skinny needle" or Chiba through the intercostal rib space for
drainage or imaging purposes
-can cause pneumothorax, punctured liver, hemorrage, sepsis
◉ Post-op or T-tube cholangiogram. Answer: Exam where T-tube
placed during surgery for drainage
-done to check potency of biliary structures for no leakage
◉ Immediate or operative cholangiogram. Answer: Common GB
imaging study, watch contrast fill biliary structures, after surgery to
check for residual stones and fill
,◉ What is the preferred position for gallbladder imaging and why?
Answer: LAO, to keep contrast in and move spine away from
gallbladder
◉ Where is the gallbladder in an asthenic patient? Answer: Gallbladder
near spine and low
◉ Where is the gallbladder in an hypersthenic patient? Answer:
Gallbladder up and near diaphragm, transverse
◉ Chest pathologies. Answer: Aspiration, atelectasis, bronchiectasis,
bronchitis, COPD, emphysema, metastases, plural effusion,
pneumothorax, primary & secondary tuberculosis, cystic fibrosis
◉ Aspiration. Answer: Something stuck in the throat. Decrease technical
factors due to soft tissue
◉ Atelectasis. Answer: Collapsed lung, partial or whole
-increase technique: absence of air
◉ Bronchiectasis. Answer: Dense fluid in bronchiole in lower
respiratory system
-Patient. Can cough it out on trendelenburg; no technique change
, -same as Bronchitis
◉ COPD. Answer: Culmination of 2 disease or more: lower technique
due to air trapped in lungs
◉ Emphysema. Answer: Ruptured alveoli that has air stuck in them are
dense and black: lower technique
◉ Bulla. Answer: Group of ruptured aveoli
◉ Metastases. Answer: Secondary cancer spread from primary source.
-can be Osterlytic or additive: type unknown until X ray done
◉ Osterlytic. Answer: Destructive: increase technique
◉ Osteoblastic. Answer: Additive: decrease technique
◉ Plural effusion. Answer: Fluid in the pleural cavity: increase
technique
◉ Pneumothorax. Answer: Air in pleural cavity: decrease technique
