ARDMS ABDOMEN BOARD TEST EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Abdomen ARDMS board
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1. porta hepatis bordered. by GB fossa and liga-
ments Teres
2. GB fossa forms the right border of the cau-
date lobe
3. 1 cm past costal margin used to assess liver length in pedi-
atric patients
4. ligamentum teres separates medial and lateral left
lobe
5. ligamentum teres remnant of umbilical vein
6. ligamentum venosum remnant of ductus venosus
7. hepatoduodenal ligament peritoneal folds at porta hepatis that
surrounds the portal triad
8. main lobar fissure separates the right and left lobes,
contains the middle hepatic vein
9. Rex-Cantile line imaginary line from GB fossa to IVC
separating the right and left lobes
10. AST elevates with non hepatic issues
11. ALP elevates with tumors, cholelithiasis,
biliary atresia
12. GGTP elevates with alcoholism or post he-
patic biliary obstruction
13. biliary hamartomas focal developmental lesions in the
liver due to dilated intrahepat-
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ic ducts with dense stroma, small
Echogenic nodules can twinkle or
comet tail
14. Hemochromatosis abnormal iron deposits in organs,
will look fibroses
15. Wilson disease copper deposits in organs
16. portal HTN, ascites, appears like cirrhosis appearance of Wilson's disease
17. micro nodular nodularity seen with alcoholic cir-
rhosis
18. macro nodular nodularity seen with viral hepatitis
19. jaundice, hepatomegaly, nausea, fever, chills, symptoms of hepatitis
malaise, dark urine, pale stool
20. hepatitis most common cause of intrahepatic
cholestasis
21. fulminant hepatitis from acetaminophen overdose and
requires liver transplant
22. 6 months hepatitis is considered chronic is
longer than...
23. increase size, decrease echogenicity, increased appearance of acute hepatitis
echogenicity of ligament venosum, falciform
ligament, and periportal tissues, periportal cuff-
ing, starry sky, ascites, cholecystitis
24. appearance of chronic hepatitis
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can have normal appearance, decreased size,
decreased echogenicity of portal walls, punc-
tate calcs, hyoperechoic with fibrosis
25. normal appearance then rapid decrease in size appearance of fulminant hepatitis
and increased resistance in the hepatic artery
26. echinococcal cyst hydatid cyst in liver from feces of
infected animals
27. simple cyst with debris or larger cyst with mo- appearance of echinococcal cyst
bile daughter cysts
28. Schistosomiasis fluke parasite from infected waters
or infested shellfish/snails
29. narrowing/occlusion of portal vessels, thick and appearance of schistosomiasis
Echogenic portal walls, decreased liver size,
portal HTN
30. Pneumocystitis jiroveci multiple nonshadowing foci, more
common with suppressed immune
systems like AIDS
31. granulomatous infections (TB or histoplasmo- multiple Echogenic foci on liver and
sis spleen
32. pyogenic liver abscess from bacterial infection (MC from
cholecystitis or cholangitis), can
produce gas
33. candidiasis multiple small wheel within a wheel
masses
Abdomen ARDMS board
(VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_hiu7t0
2025/2026
1. porta hepatis bordered. by GB fossa and liga-
ments Teres
2. GB fossa forms the right border of the cau-
date lobe
3. 1 cm past costal margin used to assess liver length in pedi-
atric patients
4. ligamentum teres separates medial and lateral left
lobe
5. ligamentum teres remnant of umbilical vein
6. ligamentum venosum remnant of ductus venosus
7. hepatoduodenal ligament peritoneal folds at porta hepatis that
surrounds the portal triad
8. main lobar fissure separates the right and left lobes,
contains the middle hepatic vein
9. Rex-Cantile line imaginary line from GB fossa to IVC
separating the right and left lobes
10. AST elevates with non hepatic issues
11. ALP elevates with tumors, cholelithiasis,
biliary atresia
12. GGTP elevates with alcoholism or post he-
patic biliary obstruction
13. biliary hamartomas focal developmental lesions in the
liver due to dilated intrahepat-
, Abdomen ARDMS board
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_hiu7t0
ic ducts with dense stroma, small
Echogenic nodules can twinkle or
comet tail
14. Hemochromatosis abnormal iron deposits in organs,
will look fibroses
15. Wilson disease copper deposits in organs
16. portal HTN, ascites, appears like cirrhosis appearance of Wilson's disease
17. micro nodular nodularity seen with alcoholic cir-
rhosis
18. macro nodular nodularity seen with viral hepatitis
19. jaundice, hepatomegaly, nausea, fever, chills, symptoms of hepatitis
malaise, dark urine, pale stool
20. hepatitis most common cause of intrahepatic
cholestasis
21. fulminant hepatitis from acetaminophen overdose and
requires liver transplant
22. 6 months hepatitis is considered chronic is
longer than...
23. increase size, decrease echogenicity, increased appearance of acute hepatitis
echogenicity of ligament venosum, falciform
ligament, and periportal tissues, periportal cuff-
ing, starry sky, ascites, cholecystitis
24. appearance of chronic hepatitis
, Abdomen ARDMS board
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_hiu7t0
can have normal appearance, decreased size,
decreased echogenicity of portal walls, punc-
tate calcs, hyoperechoic with fibrosis
25. normal appearance then rapid decrease in size appearance of fulminant hepatitis
and increased resistance in the hepatic artery
26. echinococcal cyst hydatid cyst in liver from feces of
infected animals
27. simple cyst with debris or larger cyst with mo- appearance of echinococcal cyst
bile daughter cysts
28. Schistosomiasis fluke parasite from infected waters
or infested shellfish/snails
29. narrowing/occlusion of portal vessels, thick and appearance of schistosomiasis
Echogenic portal walls, decreased liver size,
portal HTN
30. Pneumocystitis jiroveci multiple nonshadowing foci, more
common with suppressed immune
systems like AIDS
31. granulomatous infections (TB or histoplasmo- multiple Echogenic foci on liver and
sis spleen
32. pyogenic liver abscess from bacterial infection (MC from
cholecystitis or cholangitis), can
produce gas
33. candidiasis multiple small wheel within a wheel
masses
