FREE ARDMS RVT Exam Guide 2026: Vascular Technology Pass Plan
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Which artery arises from the brachiocephalic trunk and supplies the right side of the head and neck?
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Internal carotid artery waveform
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The carotid sinus is located at which anatomical location?
Focal widening at the carotid bifurcation origin of the internal carotid artery where boundary layer separation creates normal posterolateral flow reversal.
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Chapter 1: RVT (Vascular Technology) Orientation and Exam Strategy
1.1 Current RVT (Vascular Technology) Exam Facts
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Which structure separates the internal carotid artery from the external carotid artery at the level of the bifurcation?
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External carotid artery clues
The vertebral arteries typically enter the transverse foramen at which cervical level?
Cervical carotid division that gives off superior thyroid and facial branches and displays a high-resistance waveform responding to superficial temporal artery tapping.
Which artery gives rise to the superior thyroid, lingual, and facial arteries?
Carotid bulb scanning risk
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What is the characteristic Doppler waveform pattern in a normal internal carotid artery?
Non-imaging pulsed spectral ultrasound modality that insonates basal cerebral arteries through cranial acoustic windows using a low-frequency 2 MHz probe.
1.2 Eligibility, Application, and Scheduling
In a normal resting subject, what percentage of the total cardiac output is delivered to the brain?
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Vertebral artery direction
The great saphenous vein originates from which anatomical structure?
Longest superficial lower-extremity vein that ascends along the medial calf and thigh to join the common femoral vein at the saphenofemoral junction.
Which venous structure is commonly referred to as the "trifurcation" in lower extremity venous ultrasound?
Subclavian steal pattern
Pathology
The small saphenous vein terminates at which level?
Normal venous spectral Doppler pattern in which blood flow velocity rises and falls cyclically in synchrony with respiration.
1.3 Blueprint Domains and Weighting
What happens to venous flow in the lower extremity during normal inspiration?
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Spectral broadening
Doppler Physics
The superficial femoral artery becomes which artery at the adductor hiatus?
Main retroperitoneal systemic arterial trunk in the abdomen that tapers distally from the diaphragmatic hiatus before dividing into the paired common iliac arteries.
The tibioperoneal trunk bifurcates into which two arteries?
Aliasing in pulsed Doppler
Which three arteries arise from the anterior aspect of the abdominal aorta to supply the gastrointestinal tract?
First major anterior splanchnic arterial trunk arising from the proximal abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm before dividing into hepatic, splenic, and left gastric branches.
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The hepatic artery, splenic artery, and left gastric artery are the three branches of which vessel?
Find five hidden terms in a grid of letters.
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Doppler angle correction
What is the normal peak systolic velocity in the abdominal aorta at the level of the renal arteries?
Main splanchnic venous trunk formed behind the pancreatic neck by the confluence of the splenic and superior mesenteric veins to carry blood into the liver.
According to the Society for Vascular Surgery guidelines, what degree of carotid stenosis is considered hemodynamically significant?
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