In renal transplantation the:
A) suprarenal gland is transplanted with the kidney.
B) renal artery and vein are sutured to the aorta and inferior vena cava, respectively.
C) kidney is sutured to the diaphragm to maintain its position.
D) transplanted ureter is sutured to the patient's ureter.
E) kidney is placed in the iliac fossa of the greater pelvis.
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Question 2) The renal fascia:
A) separates the kidney from the ureter.
B) usually prevents pus from a perinephric abscess from spreading to the contralateral kidney.
C) prevents the kidney from moving during respiration.
D) holds the renal artery and vein together.
E) is composed of peritoneum.
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Question 3) Which of the following is incorrect pertaining to the CSF?
A) It returns to the venous system by passing into the vertebral venous plexuses.
B) It provides some cushioning to the brain when the skull is struck.
C) Samples are typically obtained in infants through needle puncture into the posterior cerebellomedullary cistern.
D) Overproduction results in hydrocephalus.
E) Fractures of the floor of the middle cranial fossa may result in leakage through the external acoustic meatus.
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Question 4) Which of the following is not associated with portal hypertension?
A) esophageal varices
B) caput medusae
C) increased blood flow in the inferior vena cava
D) surgically making a splenorenal anastomosis
E) surgically connecting the portal vein to the inferior vena cava
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Question 5) When the sphincter of the bile duct contracts:
A) bile is propelled into the duodenum.
B) bile is forced into the gallbladder for concentration and storage.
C) pancreatic juices are prevented from entering the duodenum.
D) bile flow in the common hepatic duct is occluded.
E) bile flow in the cystic duct is occluded.
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Question 6) In the following enhanced CT of the abdomen, the arrow points to the:
A) lumbar artery.
B) right crus of the diaphragm.
C) psoas major.
D) quadratus lumborum.
E) inferior pole of the right kidney.
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Question 7) Which of the following is incorrect pertaining to the gall bladder?
A) Some venous drainage is directly into the visceral surface of the liver.
B) Cholecystitis can result from an impacted gallstone.
C) A gallstone lodged in the cystic duct causes intense spasmodic pain.
D) During cholecystectomy surgeons typically ligate the left hepatic artery.
E) The infundibulum of the gall bladder is a pouch that appears between the neck and the cystic duct in diseased states.
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Question 8) You examine a comatose patient in the emergency room. His wife relates that her husband was struck accidentally in his temple by a baseball. After an initial period of unconsciousness, he seemed to be okay but later became drowsy and comatose.
You suspect that the patient is suffering from:
A) an extradural (epidural) hematoma caused by a laceration of a branch of the middle meningeal artery.
B) a subdural hematoma caused by a laceration of a branch of the middle meningeal artery.
C) an extradural (epidural) hematoma caused by a laceration of the transverse venous sinus.
D) a subdural hematoma caused by a laceration of a branch of the transverse venous sinus.
E) a subarachnoid hemorrhage caused by a laceration of the internal carotid artery.
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Question 9) What structure traverses the opening indicated by the arrow in the following figure?
A) esophagus
B) inferior vena cava
C) aorta
D) psoas major
E) quadratus lumborum
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Question 10) Cirrhosis of the liver is associated with all of the following except:
A) softening of the liver.
B) destruction of hepatocytes.
C) portal hypertension.
D) alcoholism.
E) enlargement of the liver.
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