SYO EXAM 2 PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED EXPLANATIONS 2026
◉ Portal venous hypertension.
Answer: high blood pressure in the veins that drain blood from your
stomach, intestines, pancreas and spleen into your liver.
◉ Esophageal Varices.
Answer: Veins are swollen, caused by blood obstruction
Cause Portal Venous Hypertension
◉ TIPPS.
Answer: transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
◉ transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.
Answer: placed in IR to help redirect liver blood flow from portal
vein to hepatic vein
◉ A hernia.
Answer: a protrusion of an organ through an opening in the muscle
or tissue intended to hold it in place
, ◉ Herniation Locations.
Answer: • Inguinal
• Femoral
• Umbilical
◉ Types of hernia.
Answer: • Retractable
• Incarcerated
• Strangulation - the constriction through which the bowel loop has
passed is tight enough to cut off blood supply to the bowel
◉ Hiatal Hernia Paraesophageal.
Answer: occurs when a portion of the stomach or adjacent viscera
herniates above the diaphragm, but the esophagogastric junction
remains below the diaphragm
◉ Hiatal Hernia Sliding.
Answer: : hiatal hernia occurs when a portion of the stomach and
esophagogastric junction are both situated above the diaphragm.
About 95% of all hiatal hernias.
◉ Colonic Diverticula.
Answer: Occurs most often in Sigmoid
DETAILED EXPLANATIONS 2026
◉ Portal venous hypertension.
Answer: high blood pressure in the veins that drain blood from your
stomach, intestines, pancreas and spleen into your liver.
◉ Esophageal Varices.
Answer: Veins are swollen, caused by blood obstruction
Cause Portal Venous Hypertension
◉ TIPPS.
Answer: transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
◉ transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.
Answer: placed in IR to help redirect liver blood flow from portal
vein to hepatic vein
◉ A hernia.
Answer: a protrusion of an organ through an opening in the muscle
or tissue intended to hold it in place
, ◉ Herniation Locations.
Answer: • Inguinal
• Femoral
• Umbilical
◉ Types of hernia.
Answer: • Retractable
• Incarcerated
• Strangulation - the constriction through which the bowel loop has
passed is tight enough to cut off blood supply to the bowel
◉ Hiatal Hernia Paraesophageal.
Answer: occurs when a portion of the stomach or adjacent viscera
herniates above the diaphragm, but the esophagogastric junction
remains below the diaphragm
◉ Hiatal Hernia Sliding.
Answer: : hiatal hernia occurs when a portion of the stomach and
esophagogastric junction are both situated above the diaphragm.
About 95% of all hiatal hernias.
◉ Colonic Diverticula.
Answer: Occurs most often in Sigmoid
