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DXI ABDOMEN (ACTUAL 2025/2026) EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
What is the most likely vessel to calcify - (answers)Abdominal Aorta
What flexure of the colon is found on the left side of the body - (answers)Splenic
Flexure
What flexure of the colon is found on the right side of the body -
(answers)Hepatic Flexure
What kind of pathology can mimic hepatomegaly? How is it differentiated? -
(answers)Riedel Lobe which is tongue shaped and not as dense as hepatomegaly
Which organ is most likely to be injured in the abdominal cavity - (answers)Spleen
What test is used to inspect renal flow on a radiograph - (answers)Intravenous
pyelogram (IVP)
What test is used to inspect the intestines on a radiograph - (answers)Barium
study
T/F Extra-luminal gas is normal - (answers)False, intra-luminal gas is normal
What is the the maximal diameter of the large bowel - (answers)6cm
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The small bowel should be no bigger than - (answers)3cm
Other than size how can large and small bowel be differentiated - (answers)Large
bowel does not transverse all the way across, resembles a picture frame
What is the rule of 3 in the small bowel - (answers)Lumen >3cm
Folds >3 mm apart
3 air fluid levels
What is the most common cause of small bowel obstruction - (answers)Adhesions
or hernia which are mechanical
What is it called when the bowel is blocked due to surging of the sympathetic
nervous system (non-mechanical) - (answers)Paralytic ileus
What is a AKA for extra-luminal gas - (answers)Pneumoperitoneum
What kind of calcification is m/c? What is its cause - (answers)Dystrophic
Calcification 95-98% d/t abnormal tissues not serum Ca++
Metastatic calcification is rare but d/t?
DXI ABDOMEN (ACTUAL 2025/2026) EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
What is the most likely vessel to calcify - (answers)Abdominal Aorta
What flexure of the colon is found on the left side of the body - (answers)Splenic
Flexure
What flexure of the colon is found on the right side of the body -
(answers)Hepatic Flexure
What kind of pathology can mimic hepatomegaly? How is it differentiated? -
(answers)Riedel Lobe which is tongue shaped and not as dense as hepatomegaly
Which organ is most likely to be injured in the abdominal cavity - (answers)Spleen
What test is used to inspect renal flow on a radiograph - (answers)Intravenous
pyelogram (IVP)
What test is used to inspect the intestines on a radiograph - (answers)Barium
study
T/F Extra-luminal gas is normal - (answers)False, intra-luminal gas is normal
What is the the maximal diameter of the large bowel - (answers)6cm
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The small bowel should be no bigger than - (answers)3cm
Other than size how can large and small bowel be differentiated - (answers)Large
bowel does not transverse all the way across, resembles a picture frame
What is the rule of 3 in the small bowel - (answers)Lumen >3cm
Folds >3 mm apart
3 air fluid levels
What is the most common cause of small bowel obstruction - (answers)Adhesions
or hernia which are mechanical
What is it called when the bowel is blocked due to surging of the sympathetic
nervous system (non-mechanical) - (answers)Paralytic ileus
What is a AKA for extra-luminal gas - (answers)Pneumoperitoneum
What kind of calcification is m/c? What is its cause - (answers)Dystrophic
Calcification 95-98% d/t abnormal tissues not serum Ca++
Metastatic calcification is rare but d/t?
