Pancreas ARRT Review

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What is the name of the main pancreatic duct?

Duct of Wirsung

------------------ promotes the release of glucose by the liver, which in turn increases blood sugar levels.

Glucagon

Most common islet cell tumor

Insulinoma

Which of the following laboratory values appears to be more specific for acute pancreatitis ?

Lipase

___________________ results from abnormal fusion of the pancreatic ducts during embryologic development.

Pancreatic divisum

The surgical procedure that is performed on patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma is reffered to as the

Whipple procedure

This procedure is the removal of the head of the pancreas, the gallbladder, some of the bile ducts, and the proximal duodenum.

Whipple procedure

A gastrinoma of the pancreas can produce

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

Is described as the excessive secretion of acid by the stomach that leads to peptic ulcers.

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

The excessive secretion of acid by the stomach that leads to peptic ulcers.

Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

The most common appearance of pancreatic adenocarcinoma is

a hypoechoic mass in the head of the pancreas

The _________________ cells of the pancreas carry out the exocrine function because they produce vital digestive enzymes, such as amylase, and lipase, and sodium bicarbonate.

acinar cells

Pancreatic divisum can lead to both

acute and chronic pancreatitis

Courvoisier gallbladder is found in the presence of :

adenocarcinoma in the head of the pancreas

With an ________________________ pancreas, the most ventral part of the pancreas encases the duodenum and may consequently lead to duodenal obstruction.

annular pancreas

________________ results from the maldevelopment of the two embryologic elements of the pancreas.

annular pancreas

Common location of mutinous cystadenocarcinoma

body and tail of the pancreas

There are two common types of transplantation techniques:

exocrine bladder drainage and exocrine enteric draiange

Which type of pancreatic transplantation is more common ?

exocrine enteric drainage

The arterial blood supply to the head of the pancreas via the

gastroduodenal artery

Functional insulinomas can cause

hypoglycemia

There are two types of islet cell tumors:

insulinoma and gastrinoma

The endocrine function of the pancreas is performed by the :

islets of langerhans

One of the most common locations for a pancreatic pseudocyst is within the :

lesser sac

The most common primary pancreatic malignancy

pancreatic adenocarcinoma

The Whipple procedure is performed on patients who have:

pancreatic carcinoma

The two most common congenital anomalies of the pancreas are:

pancreatic divisor and annular pancreas

What results in a shortened main pancreatic duct that works to drain only the pancreatic head and not the entire pancreas?

pancreatic divisum

A peripancreatic fluid collection that results from the inflammation of the pancreas.

phlegmon

The body and tail of the pancreas received their blood supply from the :

splenic and superior mesenteric arteries

The most common location of a pancreatic adenocarcinoma

within the pancreatic head


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