Pancreas ARRT Review
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
