Spleen

Question 1

Function of the spleen

Answer 1

Filter of the peripheal blood, blood Reseriver and store iron

• largest lymphatic organ in the body

Question 2

Gastrosplenic Ligament

Answer 2

Attach the spleen to the stomach
Place stomach anterior to diaphragm and spleen posterior to stomach

Question 3

Splenic concave and convex

Answer 3

Concave inferior
Convex superior

Question 4

The spleen is responsible for

Answer 4

Erythropolesis

Question 5

Spleen responsibility kids

Answer 5

Defense against infection

Question 6

Splenic responbilityvin adults

Answer 6

Produce lymphocytes & monocytes

Question 7

What the Function of White pulps

Answer 7

Lymphatic function performed white pulp to produce LYMPHOCYTES AND AID IN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

Question 8

What the Function of red pulps

Answer 8

Contain red blood feel and macrophage, preformed the phagocytic function

Phagocyte engulf and destroy pathogen

Question 9

Size of the Spleen

Answer 9

13cm or less

Question 10

What’s Culling

Answer 10

Removing irregular red blood cell from blood stream

Question 11

What’s pitting?

Answer 11

Cleaning red blood cells of unwanted material

Question 12

When does the sleen decrease in size

Answer 12

With aging

Question 13

2 common congenital anomaly?

Answer 13

Aspenia and Polysplenia

Question 14

What’s Asplenia

Answer 14

Absent of spleen

Question 15

What’s polysplenia

Answer 15

Multiple small masses of spleen

Question 16

What’s is Asplenia and Polysplenia associated with

Answer 16

Complex Cardiac Malformation and abnormal location of other organ known as Hetertaxia Syndrome

Question 17

What is Splenosis?

Answer 17

Implantation of ectopic Splenic Tissue
- when Rapture

Question 18

Wandering Spleen

Answer 18

The splenic ligament are absent or underdeveloped

• can suffer from splenic torsion which lead to infarction

Question 19

Splenomegaly

Answer 19

Mc abnormality
Enlarged in spleen greater than 13cm

Question 20

What’s is the MC cause of Splenomegaly

Answer 20

Is Portal hypertension

• look for varies

Also causes Sickle cell anemia

Question 21

Splenic infart

Answer 21

Tissue deprived of oxygen will eventually die

Question 22

Splenic infart is cause by

Answer 22

Sickle cell diease
Bacterial endocarditis

Question 23

Chronic stage of splenic infart

Answer 23

Is more echogenic and hyperechoic

Question 24

Splenic trauma

Answer 24

Blunt trauma
LUQ pain and decrease in hematocrit

Question 25

Splenic hemangioma

Answer 25

Mc Benign tumor Well defined boarder Asymptomatic

Question 26

Granulomatous Diease

Answer 26

Small foci Can be individual or Multiple Found in pt with Histoplasmosis, tuberculosis or sacriodosis

Question 27

Splenic hemartoma

Answer 27

Benign hypoechoic Associated with beckwith weifthman syndrome with and Tuberrouss sclerosis

Question 28

What’s is the MC maligmanoof the spleen

Answer 28

Lymphoma

Question 29

Angiosarcoma

Answer 29

Primary splenic cancer Solid and complex

Question 30

What’s are the types of lymphoma

Answer 30

1. Hodgkin- reed-sternberg cell, presence can be treated Non-Hodgkin - Most common; not easily manage

Question 31

Splenic Lymphangioma

Answer 31

Mc in children BENIGN LESION a congenital malformation of the lymphatic system Multiple cystic mass

Question 32

Autosplenectomy

Answer 32

the misshapen cells block blood flow to the spleen, causing scarring and eventual atrophy of the organ Lead to many infart

Question 33

Sickle Cdll Anemia

Answer 33

Inherited blood disorder Crescent shap red blood cell Increase in spleen size