DMSG1820 Chapters 11-13 With Complete Solutions
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Largest single mass of lymphoid tissue in the body - ANSWER Spleen
Plays an important role in hemopoiesis in fetal life - ANSWER Spleen
Adult responsibility is in helping the body fight infection - ANSWER Spleen
Rarely the primary site of disease - ANSWER Spleen
Homogeneous and slightly more echogenic than the liver - ANSWER Spleen
Intraperitoneal organ covered with peritoneum that lies in the posterior left
hypochondrium between the fundus of the stomach and diaphragm - ANSWER Spleen
Ectopic spleen is associated with - ANSWER Splenic torsion
Ligaments on contact with the abdominal walls - ANSWER Gastrosplenic ligament and
phrenicocolic ligament
What is the size of the spleen - ANSWER 8 - 13 cm in length
Does the spleen increase or decrease in size with age - ANSWER Decrease
Splenic artery is - ANSWER Tortuous
, Subject to infarction because there is inadequate anastomoses between the - ANSWER
Intersplenic arteries
Splenic vein leaves the hilum __________ to join the ________ posterior to the head of the
pancreas - ANSWER Horizontally
Superior mesenteric vein
SMV runs unoxygenated blood from the bowel to form the _____ - ANSWER Main portal
vein
Splenic vein runs along the _____________ border of the pancreas - ANSWER
Posteromedial
Left kidney is ________ and _______ to the spleen - ANSWER Inferior
Medial
Mass in left upper quadrant can displace the spleen ________ - ANSWER Inferiorly
Displacement __________ can result from volume loss in the left ______, left ______
pneumonia, or large intraabdominal mass - ANSWER Superiorly
Long
Lobe
Migrated from its original location - ANSWER Wandering spleen
There is _________ velocity when the spleen is torsed - ANSWER Decreased
Complete absence of the spleen (asplenia) (immune response is absent) - ANSWER
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Largest single mass of lymphoid tissue in the body - ANSWER Spleen
Plays an important role in hemopoiesis in fetal life - ANSWER Spleen
Adult responsibility is in helping the body fight infection - ANSWER Spleen
Rarely the primary site of disease - ANSWER Spleen
Homogeneous and slightly more echogenic than the liver - ANSWER Spleen
Intraperitoneal organ covered with peritoneum that lies in the posterior left
hypochondrium between the fundus of the stomach and diaphragm - ANSWER Spleen
Ectopic spleen is associated with - ANSWER Splenic torsion
Ligaments on contact with the abdominal walls - ANSWER Gastrosplenic ligament and
phrenicocolic ligament
What is the size of the spleen - ANSWER 8 - 13 cm in length
Does the spleen increase or decrease in size with age - ANSWER Decrease
Splenic artery is - ANSWER Tortuous
, Subject to infarction because there is inadequate anastomoses between the - ANSWER
Intersplenic arteries
Splenic vein leaves the hilum __________ to join the ________ posterior to the head of the
pancreas - ANSWER Horizontally
Superior mesenteric vein
SMV runs unoxygenated blood from the bowel to form the _____ - ANSWER Main portal
vein
Splenic vein runs along the _____________ border of the pancreas - ANSWER
Posteromedial
Left kidney is ________ and _______ to the spleen - ANSWER Inferior
Medial
Mass in left upper quadrant can displace the spleen ________ - ANSWER Inferiorly
Displacement __________ can result from volume loss in the left ______, left ______
pneumonia, or large intraabdominal mass - ANSWER Superiorly
Long
Lobe
Migrated from its original location - ANSWER Wandering spleen
There is _________ velocity when the spleen is torsed - ANSWER Decreased
Complete absence of the spleen (asplenia) (immune response is absent) - ANSWER
