RVS CCI TEST QUESTIONS 2025
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The vascular disease that presents as back, abdominal, or flank pain is: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Abdominal aortic aneurysm
The circle of Willis receives its blood supply from which combination of arteries? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Carotid and Vertebral arteries
2 of the major branches of the External Carotid arteries include the: - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Superficial Temporal and Facial arteries
What is the most common anomaly of the Circle of Willis - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Absence or Hypoplasia of 1 or both of the communicating arteries.
The Brachial veins connect the: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ulnar and radial veins to the
axillary vein
,Which vein in the antecubital fossa connects the cephalic and basilic veins? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Median cubital vein.
The axillary artery connects the: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Brachial artery to the subclavian
artery
The renal arteries arise from the aorta: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔laterally
In a cross section of the aorta and the surrounding regions the vein that is
visualized superficial to the aorta and the origins of the right and left renal arteries
in deep to the superior mesenteric artery is the: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Left Renal Vein
The splenic common hepatic and left gastric arteries arise from this abdominal
artery: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Celiac Trunk
The smallest vessels in the body are: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔capillaries
The term Tunica Intima denotes: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The inner lining of the arterial
wall
The layer of arterial or venous wall composed entirely of endothelial cells is the: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Tunica Intima
,A venule contains which vessel layers: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Tunica media and Tunica
Intima
Atherosclerosis is a disease the begins in the: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Intima
A disease that affects primarily the Intima and may extended into the media is: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Atherosclerosis
In the cerebrovascular system, atherosclerosis occurs my commonly in the: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Carotid Bulb
The NASCET (north American symptomatic carotid endarterectomy trial) used the
following arterial graphic criteria/criterium to classify internal carotid artery
disease: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Diameter percentage stenosis calculated by diving the
minimal diameter by the diameter of the unstenosed distal internal carotid artery.
A patient complains of temporary shading of the vision in 1 eye, this symptom is
called: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Amaurosis Fugax
A Transient Ischemic attack: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Resolves within 24 hours
The abbreviation TIA stands for: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔transient ischemic attack
Subclavian steal occurs: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔more often on the left side
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, Why are brachial blood pressures obtained bilaterally when evaluating a patient for
cerebrovascular disease? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The brachial blood pressures are
compared to see if they are equal.
Lose of the spectral window with pulsed Doppler ultrasound occurs with: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Flow Turbulence
A duplex image of the carotid bifurcation that demonstrates a goblet-like
configuration of the internal and external branches curving around a highly
vascularized mass suggests: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Carotid Body Tumor
TCD findings consistent with vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage
would include - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Greatly increased mean velocities in the middle
cerebral arteries
In TCD the normal direction of flow in the Vertebral artery is: - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Away from the beam
The usual instrumentation for hand held TCD includes a probe with a operating
frequency of: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔2 MHz
EXPERT VERIFIED | ACE THE TEST
The vascular disease that presents as back, abdominal, or flank pain is: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Abdominal aortic aneurysm
The circle of Willis receives its blood supply from which combination of arteries? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Carotid and Vertebral arteries
2 of the major branches of the External Carotid arteries include the: - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Superficial Temporal and Facial arteries
What is the most common anomaly of the Circle of Willis - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Absence or Hypoplasia of 1 or both of the communicating arteries.
The Brachial veins connect the: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ulnar and radial veins to the
axillary vein
,Which vein in the antecubital fossa connects the cephalic and basilic veins? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Median cubital vein.
The axillary artery connects the: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Brachial artery to the subclavian
artery
The renal arteries arise from the aorta: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔laterally
In a cross section of the aorta and the surrounding regions the vein that is
visualized superficial to the aorta and the origins of the right and left renal arteries
in deep to the superior mesenteric artery is the: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Left Renal Vein
The splenic common hepatic and left gastric arteries arise from this abdominal
artery: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Celiac Trunk
The smallest vessels in the body are: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔capillaries
The term Tunica Intima denotes: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The inner lining of the arterial
wall
The layer of arterial or venous wall composed entirely of endothelial cells is the: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Tunica Intima
,A venule contains which vessel layers: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Tunica media and Tunica
Intima
Atherosclerosis is a disease the begins in the: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Intima
A disease that affects primarily the Intima and may extended into the media is: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Atherosclerosis
In the cerebrovascular system, atherosclerosis occurs my commonly in the: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Carotid Bulb
The NASCET (north American symptomatic carotid endarterectomy trial) used the
following arterial graphic criteria/criterium to classify internal carotid artery
disease: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Diameter percentage stenosis calculated by diving the
minimal diameter by the diameter of the unstenosed distal internal carotid artery.
A patient complains of temporary shading of the vision in 1 eye, this symptom is
called: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Amaurosis Fugax
A Transient Ischemic attack: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Resolves within 24 hours
The abbreviation TIA stands for: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔transient ischemic attack
Subclavian steal occurs: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔more often on the left side
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Why are brachial blood pressures obtained bilaterally when evaluating a patient for
cerebrovascular disease? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The brachial blood pressures are
compared to see if they are equal.
Lose of the spectral window with pulsed Doppler ultrasound occurs with: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Flow Turbulence
A duplex image of the carotid bifurcation that demonstrates a goblet-like
configuration of the internal and external branches curving around a highly
vascularized mass suggests: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Carotid Body Tumor
TCD findings consistent with vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage
would include - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Greatly increased mean velocities in the middle
cerebral arteries
In TCD the normal direction of flow in the Vertebral artery is: - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Away from the beam
The usual instrumentation for hand held TCD includes a probe with a operating
frequency of: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔2 MHz
