Thorax/Abdomen — Flashcards

Flashcard 91: Patients with left sided renal vein thrombosis can develop a left sided _____ due to the "nutcracker" effect

Answer: varicocele

Flashcard 92: The blood supply to the proximal ureter comes from the _____

Answer: renal artery

Flashcard 93: Which lymph node cluster drains the kidney? _____

Answer: Para-aortic

Flashcard 94: Which lymph node cluster drains the testes and ovaries? _____

Answer: Para-aortic

Flashcard 95: What type of diaphragmatic hernia involves upward displacement of the gastroesophageal junction?_____

Answer: Sliding hiatal hernia

Flashcard 96: Which sympathetics (2) innervate the regions of the foregut and midgut? _____

Answer: Greater and lesser splanchnics (T5 - T12)

Flashcard 97: Which artery is associated with anteroapical myocardial infarction?_____

Answer: Distal left anterior descending (LAD) artery

Flashcard 98: Which lymph node cluster drains the upper duodenum? _____

Answer: Celiac

Flashcard 99: The lesser curvature of the stomach is supplied by the _____ arteries

Answer: gastric

Flashcard 100: Which arteries arise from the splenic artery and supply the fundus of the stomach?

Answer: Short gastric arteries

Extra: These arteries arise from the distal splenic artery at the splenic hilum and reach the fundus of the stomach by traveling within the gastrosplenic ligament.