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| the pancreas is located in which abdominal region |
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| the change in the direction of sound that occurs when sound encounters an interface between two tissues that transmit sound at different speeds |
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| the space between the right lobe of the liver and the anterior right kidney |
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| artifacts are always due to operator error |
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| the difference between the receiving echo frequency and the frequency of the transmitted beam is called |
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| all the physical and chemical changes that occur within the body are referred to as |
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| what plane divides the body into right and left halves? |
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| what is the average assumed propagation velocity in soft tissue of ultra sound |
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| the ability to maintain a steady and stable internal environment (physiology) is known as |
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| the upper limit of the Doppler shift that can be detected properly by pulsed instruments is called |
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| mirror image, reverberation and speckle |
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| towards the front of the body or in front of another structure |
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| the body cavity that contains the internal organs or |
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| the artifact that shows structures that exist on one side of a strong reflector as being present on the other side as well is known as |
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| a serous membrane lining the walls of the abdominal cavity and clothing the abdominal viscera |
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| there are how many systems in the human body |
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| physical and chemical changes that occur within the body are refereed to as |
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| sound waves containing many frequencies |
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| very small transducer that can be placed into different body lumens that are close to organ of interest are called |
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| the first portion of the aorta is called the |
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| usually refers to as a diffuse disease process or metastatic disease |
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| some indications for an abdominal ultrasound |
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| abdominal pain, invasive procedure localization, jaundice |
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| the three main sections to image in the pancreas are |
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| the head, body and the tail |
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| the best transducer selection for a scrotal utlrasound is |
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| the inner most layer of an artery is |
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| the normal diameter of the abdominal aorta in a male patient should measure |
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| what is the first branch off the abdominal aorta |
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| an arteriovenous fistula is a common finding in ultrasound |
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| the portal vein is formed by the union of the |
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| in a patient who develops portal venous hypertension, hepatopetal means towards the liver |
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| what is the disorder called where a thrombosis is seen in the hepatic veins |
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| the most common presentation of an therosclerotic aneurysm is a |
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| how many valves are in the abdominal aorta |
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| what are the three structures that make up the porta hepatis |
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| cbd, portal vein and hepatic artery |
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| a pulsatile hematoma that results from leakage of blood into soft tissue abutting the punctured areter is known as |
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| the sma arises from the anterior abdominal aortic wall aprox |
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| the IVC is formed from the union of what |
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increased hepatic enzymes
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increased direct bilirubin: increased echogenicity; increased attenuation . Impaired visulaization of borders, hepatomegaly , may be patchy, inhomogeneous, focal sparing |
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| elevated AST, ALT AND BILIRUBIN, leukopenia; nonspecific and variable, normal to slightly elevated, echogenictiy , elevated brightness of portal vein border, heptosplenomegaly, elevated thickness of Gb wall |
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| elevated AST, ALT AND BILIRUBIN, leukopenia; coarse hepatic parenchyma, elevated echogenicity, decrease in visualization brightness of portal triad, fibrosis may produce soft shadowing. |
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| elevated Alk phos, eleveted direct bilirubin, elevated AST, ALT leukopenina; coatse liver parenchyma w nodulatity, elevated echogenicity, elevated attenuation, decrease in vascular marking w acute cirrhosis, hepatosplenomegaly w ascites, shrunken liver w chronic cirrhosis, regeneration of hepatic nodules, portal hypertension. |
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| disturbance of acid bas balance;hepatomegaly, elevated echogenicity, elevated attenuation, von Gierke's adenoma |
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| elevated iron levels in blood; increased echogenicity throughout liver |
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| obesity, excessive alcohol intake, poorly controlled hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus, excess corticosteroids, pregnancy, total parenteral hyperalimentation, sever hepatitis, glycogen storage disease, cystic fibrosis, parm, chronic illness |
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| liver finding Budd-chiari syndrome |
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| findings;ascites, RUQ PAIN, hepatomegaly; sono: elevated caudate lobe atrophy in right lobe of the liver |
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| biliary obstruction: proximal |
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| findings;: elevated direct bilirubin, elevated alk phos. Sono: carcinoma of cbd showes tubular branching w dilated intraphepatic ducts. GB small to normal size; gallstones |
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| biliary obstruction: distal |
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| elevated direct bilirubin, elevated alk phos. Sono: carcinoma of cbd showes tubular branching w dilated intrahepatic ducts. GB small , GS and common duct stones |
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| elevated direct bilirubin, elevated alk phos, sono: irregular, ill defined hypoechoic, heterogeneous lesion in area of porta hepatis, intrahepati ductal dilation, hydropic GB |
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| common bile duct stricture |
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| elevated direct b, and alk phos sono; dilated intrahepatic ducts, absence of mass in porta hepatis. |
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