Preparation for Abdomen ARDMS Exam |QUESTIONS & ANSWERS |VERIFIED & UPDATED | 2024

bulls eye sign - Answer Ultrasound appearance of gastroesophageal junction? rugae - Answer irregular folds in stomach formed by mucosa and submucosal 5 mm's - Answer the undistended wall should not exceed how many mm's haustrae - Answer what are the large sacculations of the colon called? thickened loops with no change with compression - Answer slow graded transducer pressure is applied with evaluation of gi tract, what would these findings reveal? target sign and pseudo kidney sign - Answer what is the classic appearance of adenocarcinoma? 6mm - Answer normal appendix has a target appearance and should not measure more than---------------mm in diameter? adhesions - Answer what is most common cause of intestinal obstruction? Increased activity - Answer Evaluation of motor activity with obstruction will reveal? Chronic - Answer Is hashimoto's thryroiditis an acute or chronic condition? calcium levels - Answer the parathyroid glands secrete PTH which is responsible for maintaining what levels? Papillary - Answer what is most common type of thyroid cancer? Increased PTH levels, hypophosphatemia and hypercalcemia - Answer The lab values with parathyroid adenoma's will reveal what? Longus coli muscle - Answer what is the muscle located posterior to the thyroid and adjacent to the trachea? External carotid artery - Answer The superior thyroid artery branches off what artery? Thyroid enlargement, protruding eyeballs - Answer Two features of Grave's disease? Multinodular Goiter - Answer What is the most common type of thyroid abnormality? Innominate artery - Answer The right common carotid artery arises from which artery? Adventitia - Answer What is the outermost layer of the arterial wall called?