Free Breast Practice Test

10 Free Breast Practice Questions

1. What blood vessel supplies the medial inner breast?

   1. Circumflex artery
   2. Subclavian artery
   3. Axillary artery
   4. Internal thoracic artery
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   Correct answer: Internal thoracic artery

   The internal thoracic artery supplies oxygenated blood to the medial inner segment of each breast.

2. What are the glands called that lubricate the areola?

   1. Spencer's glands
   2. Supramammary glands
   3. Cooper's glands
   4. Montgomery's glands
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   Correct answer: Montgomery's glands

   Montgomery's glands are the glands that lubricate the areola of the breast.

3. What structure does the number 8 represent in Figure 52.1?

   1. Skin
   2. Chest wall
   3. Pectoralis muscle
   4. Glandular tissue
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   Correct answer: Skin

   The skin layer is indicated by #8 in Fig. 52.1

4. In Fig.158.1, what does the arrow depict?

   1. Subcutaenous fat
   2. Fibroglandular tissue
   3. Pectoralis muscle
   4. Pleura
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   Correct answer: Fibroglandular tissue

   Fibroglandular tissue contains a heterogeneous appearance on ultrasound with a combination of fibrous tissue and prominent ducts woven throughout. This is also known as dense breast tissue and can conceal malignancies on mammograms.

5. The presence of two mammary glands on one side of the body describes which congenital anomaly?

   1. Amazia
   2. Amastia
   3. Macromastia
   4. Polymastia
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   Correct answer: Polymastia

   Polymastia is when there is >1 mammary gland on each side of the body (i.e., two breasts on the right or left). It is described as supernumerary breast tissue.

6. What sonographic finding is indicated by the arrows on this image of the axillary region of a 69-year-old female patient with a confirmed diagnosis of malignant papilloma?

   1. Axillary lymph node
   2. Muscle
   3. Chest wall
   4. Glandular tissue
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   Correct answer: Axillary lymph node

   A hypoechoic mass is identified at the periphery of an axillary lymph node in a 69-year-old female patient with confirmed malignant papilloma.

7. Which segment of the breast ducts is lined with epithelial cells?

   1. Inner
   2. Middle
   3. Outer
   4. Epithelial cells are not present within breast ducts
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   Correct answer: Inner

   Epithelial cells line the inner part of breast ducts.

8. Which sign correlates to intracapsular implant rupture?

   1. Stepladder
   2. Noose
   3. Snowstorm
   4. Linguini
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   Correct answer: Stepladder

   Visualizing the stepladder sign is the most reliable finding of intracapsular rupture in a silicone gel breast implant via ultrasound.

9. Which structure is indicated by the arrow in this image?

   1. Rib
   2. Mammary tissue
   3. Stromal tissue
   4. Pectoral fascia
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   Correct answer: Rib

   The arrow in this image identifies the rib.

10. What structure is the arrow pointing to in this image?

    1. Pectoralis minor
    2. Subcutaneous fat
    3. Retromammary fat
    4. Glandular tissue
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    Correct answer: Retromammary fat

    The arrow in this image identifies the layer of retromammary fat. It is located below the mammary layer and above the pectoralis muscle.