Use the following passage as the core of the next 2 questions:  Passage: Linda’s Death Scene  “The nurse turned back to her patient.‘There, there,’ she said in a soft, professional voice. ‘You mustn’t cry. But John was crying. ‘It’s not right,’ he kept saying. ‘It’s not right.’ A group of children who had been playing in the ward came crowding round the bed. They stood watching John with expressions of interest and amusement. ‘Why is he crying?’ one of them asked. ‘Because someone’s dead,’ said another child. ‘But why should that make him cry?’ The nurse intervened briskly. ‘Don’t let them upset you,’ she said. ‘Take this.’ She held out two half-gramme tablets of soma.”

Please match the following with hepatosplenomegaly.

What is the arrowhead pointing to?

Which of the following arrows is pointing to a normal direction?

With the Transverse scans of the spleen, the sonographer should look for  ——–.

A normal individual, the spleen contains only about 20 to 30 ml of erythrocytes. In splenomegaly the reservoir function is greatly ——-, and the abnormally enlarged spleen contains many times this volume of red blood cells, despite the anemia in the circulation at the same time.

Based on the clinical presentation of a 32-year-old female in a motor vehicle accident (seatbelt sign, tachycardia, hypotension) with LUQ pain and referred left shoulder pain (Kehr’s sign), the most likely diagnosis is splenic rupture causing hemoperitoneum. The 5-minute ultrasound (FAST scan) would show the following in the left upper quadrant (LUQ) view. Which of the following is correct?

Which of the following displacements of the spleen is a risk factor for volvulus or torsion of the spleen?

Splenunculus is the synonym for ———. 

The —– indicates the percentage of red blood cells per volume of blood. Abnormally low readings indicate hemorrhage or internal bleeding within the body. High is responsible for the blood Viscosity.