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The hepatic artery should demonstrate:
a. High-resistance flow
b. Low-resistance flow

What vessel travels posterior to the superior mesenteric
artery and anterior to the abdominal aorta?
a. Left renal vein b. Left renal artery
c. Right renal vein d. Splenic vein

What vessel travels anterior to the left renal artery? the
a. Left renal vein
b. Hepatic artery
c. Right renal vein
d. Superior mesenteric vein

From the list below, which vessel would be the shortest in
length?
a. Right renal vein
b. Right renal artery
c. Left renal vein
d. Left renal artery

Enlargement of the IVC, with subsequent enlargement of the
hepatic veins, is seen in cases of:
a. Budd–Chiari syndrome
b. Marfan syndrome
c. Left-sided heart failure
d. Right-sided heart failure

Which of the following would have a pulsatile, triphasic
blood flow pattern?
a. Renal veins b. Hepatic veins
c. Gonadal veins d. Common iliac veins

The diameter of the IVC should never exceed:
a. 1.5 cm b. 2.5 cm
c. 3.5 cm d. 8 mm

Which of the following statements about the IVC is not true?
a. The diameter of the IVC is variable
b. Respiration can affect the size of the IVC
c. The IVC is located to the left of the abdominal aorta
d. The IVC is considered retroperitoneal in location

Which of the following statements about the abdominal aorta
is not true?
a. Most aneurysms located within the abdominal aorta are
false aneurysms
b. The abdominal aorta is located just left of the midline
c. The most common location of an abdominal aortic aneurysm
is infrarenal
d. The abdominal aorta is considered to be retroperitoneal
in location

Which of the following is not a layer of gut identified with
sonography?
a. Visceral
b. Serosa
c. Submucosa
d. Mucosa