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| What is the key characteristic of the lumen of the esophagus following barium swallow? |
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| When the patient is lying on his/her back, what part of the stomach is most posterior and thus fills with barium after a partial barium swallow? |
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| What internal structures are obvious on partial emptying of the stomach? |
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| What characteristic shape does the first part of the duodenum exhibit on barium filling? |
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| Arrow head or Christmas tree. |
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| Where is the anatomical location of the duodeno-jejunal junction? |
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| What is the characteristic appearance of the lumen of the jejunum on barium swallow study? |
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| The ileum is mostly located in the lower abdomen and loops fall into the . |
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| On barium enema of the large intestine what are bulges/segments of the gut called? |
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| Because of the motility of the sigmoid colon, it is often on itself and rectum on barium study. |
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| To study the lining of the large intestine, a small amount of barium is used to coat the gut lining when placed under . |
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On CT:
a. the normal liver appears as a mass in the upper right abdominal cavity.
b. the pancreas appears as a lightly elongated tissue that stretches across the left posterior and middle abdominal wall.
c. is considered the radiologist’s “friend” because it provides a dark outline to most soft tissue organs.
d. the can be seen on the posterior abdominal cavity wall on the left upper quadrant.
e. the kidneys lie in the posterior abdominal region in a position, surrounded by radiolucent . |
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a. homogeneous
b. Lobulated
c. Fat
d. spleen
e. retroperitoneal
perirenal fat |
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| On excretory and retrograde cystogram, the contents bile duct and pancreatic duct can be seen emptying into the . |
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| . On ultrasound gallstones appear as objects surrounded by bile. |
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white (hyperechoic)
dark (anechoic) bile |
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| On SMA arteriogram, the intestinal branches are mostly found of the midline. |
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Arteriogram reveals that the two largest branches of the celiac artery are the and
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| common hepatic and splenic arteries. |
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| IMA arteriogram revealed that the is a continuation of the IMA after the sigmoidal arteries come off. |
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| Venogram of the IVC shows that there are hepatic veins that drain the liver to the IVC. |
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| On excretory urogram the is also normally filled with excreted dye. |
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