ARDMS ABDOMEN TESTS COMPILATION
BUNDLE 2026 ACTUAL TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS COMPLETE
REVIEW GRADED A+
⩥ the celiac trunk is the first _____ branch of the aorta.
Answer: anterior
⩥ the celiac trifurcates into...?.
Answer: the common hepatic artery
the left gastric artery
the splenic artery
⩥ the gastroduodenal artery is a branch of the...?.
Answer: the common hepatic artery
⩥ this artery branches off the anterior aspect of the aorta and travels
vertically anterior and parallel to the aorta.
Answer: the superior mesenteric artery
⩥ which renal artery has a more complicated course?.
Answer: the right renal artery
,⩥ an arterial disease in which the vessel wall loses its elasticity and
becomes hardened.
Answer: arteriosclerosis
⩥ dilatation of a segment of a vessel wall caused by a weakness of all
three layers of the vessel wall..?.
Answer: aneurysm
⩥ majority of aneurysms are located below...?.
Answer: the level of the renal arteries
⩥ the most common type of a true aneurysm is...?.
Answer: fusiform
⩥ tear of the intima layer of the vessel wall is a....
Answer: dissecting aneurysm
⩥ aneurysm caused by arterial catheterization or trauma.
Answer: pseudo aneurysm
⩥ which renal vein has the more complicated course?.
,Answer: the left renal vein
⩥ the right gonadal vein empties directly into the IVC but the left
gonadal vein empties....
Answer: into the left renal vein which then empties into the IVC
⩥ a liver measurement greater than ____ - ____ cm is considered
hepatomegaly.
Answer: 15-20
⩥ normal variant of the right lobe of the liver extends inferiorly and may
be mistaken for hepatomegaly.
Answer: Riedel's Lobe
⩥ the liver is almost completely covered by....
Answer: Glisson's Capsule
⩥ arrange these in order from most echogenic to least echogenic:
pancreas, spleen, renal medullary pyramids, liver, renal sinus, renal
cortex.
Answer: renal sinus > pancreas > liver > or = spleen > renal cortex >
renal medullary pyramids
, ⩥ the liver is composed of three lobes....
Answer: left lobe, right lobe, caudate lobe
⩥ the middle hepatic vein divides the liver into ....
Answer: right lobe and left lobe
⩥ the right hepatic vein divides the....
Answer: right lobe into anterior and posterior segments
⩥ the left hepatic vein divides the....
Answer: left lobe into medial and lateral segments
⩥ these veins drain blood from the caudate lobe.
Answer: the right and left hepatic veins
⩥ the ligamentum venosum divides the....
Answer: caudate lobe and the left lobe
⩥ the ligamentum teres divides the....
Answer: left lobe into medial and lateral segments
⩥ the falciform ligament divides the ....
BUNDLE 2026 ACTUAL TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS COMPLETE
REVIEW GRADED A+
⩥ the celiac trunk is the first _____ branch of the aorta.
Answer: anterior
⩥ the celiac trifurcates into...?.
Answer: the common hepatic artery
the left gastric artery
the splenic artery
⩥ the gastroduodenal artery is a branch of the...?.
Answer: the common hepatic artery
⩥ this artery branches off the anterior aspect of the aorta and travels
vertically anterior and parallel to the aorta.
Answer: the superior mesenteric artery
⩥ which renal artery has a more complicated course?.
Answer: the right renal artery
,⩥ an arterial disease in which the vessel wall loses its elasticity and
becomes hardened.
Answer: arteriosclerosis
⩥ dilatation of a segment of a vessel wall caused by a weakness of all
three layers of the vessel wall..?.
Answer: aneurysm
⩥ majority of aneurysms are located below...?.
Answer: the level of the renal arteries
⩥ the most common type of a true aneurysm is...?.
Answer: fusiform
⩥ tear of the intima layer of the vessel wall is a....
Answer: dissecting aneurysm
⩥ aneurysm caused by arterial catheterization or trauma.
Answer: pseudo aneurysm
⩥ which renal vein has the more complicated course?.
,Answer: the left renal vein
⩥ the right gonadal vein empties directly into the IVC but the left
gonadal vein empties....
Answer: into the left renal vein which then empties into the IVC
⩥ a liver measurement greater than ____ - ____ cm is considered
hepatomegaly.
Answer: 15-20
⩥ normal variant of the right lobe of the liver extends inferiorly and may
be mistaken for hepatomegaly.
Answer: Riedel's Lobe
⩥ the liver is almost completely covered by....
Answer: Glisson's Capsule
⩥ arrange these in order from most echogenic to least echogenic:
pancreas, spleen, renal medullary pyramids, liver, renal sinus, renal
cortex.
Answer: renal sinus > pancreas > liver > or = spleen > renal cortex >
renal medullary pyramids
, ⩥ the liver is composed of three lobes....
Answer: left lobe, right lobe, caudate lobe
⩥ the middle hepatic vein divides the liver into ....
Answer: right lobe and left lobe
⩥ the right hepatic vein divides the....
Answer: right lobe into anterior and posterior segments
⩥ the left hepatic vein divides the....
Answer: left lobe into medial and lateral segments
⩥ these veins drain blood from the caudate lobe.
Answer: the right and left hepatic veins
⩥ the ligamentum venosum divides the....
Answer: caudate lobe and the left lobe
⩥ the ligamentum teres divides the....
Answer: left lobe into medial and lateral segments
⩥ the falciform ligament divides the ....
