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| Supine, prone, RLD, LLD, RPO, RAO, LPO, LAO, Modified Fowlers, Trendelenburg, Sitting, Standing |
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| Scan planes are _____ dimensional |
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| The different types of scan planes are |
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| Sagittal, Transverse, Coronal |
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| The plane that splits the body vertically into unequal left and right sections |
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| The plane that splits the body in unequal top and bottom sections is called |
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| Transverse plane is also called as |
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| The plane that splits the body into unequal anterior & posterior planes |
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| Other name for coronal or frontal |
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| The ability to produce an echo or reflections of the sound beam is called |
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| A structure or medium that is capable of producing echoes and containing structures that reflect high- frequency sound waves is called |
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| ______ denots a region in which the echoes are stronger or brighter than normal or than the surronding structures |
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| A region in which the echoes are weaker or less bright or fewer than normal or surrounding region is called |
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| The region that has the same relative echogenicity is called |
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| A non-uniform, irregular, composed of mixtures of different kinds |
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| A region where the structure is uniform, composed of the same elements |
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| Echogenic shades of gray that represent internal tissue composition |
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| Contains both cystic and solid tissues components |
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| The apprearance of sound waves that pass unobstructed through and beyond fluid is called |
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| How is acoustic enhancement created |
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| The manifestation of increased acoustic signal amplitudes returning from regions lying beyond an object that causes little or no attenuation of the sound beam |
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| A decrease in intensity, power and amplitude of a sound wave as it travels through a medium |
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| Attenuated sound will either |
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| be scattered, diverged or absorbed |
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| _______ is a component of attenuation, occurs when ultrasonic energy is converted into another energy form like heat |
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| Attenuation _______ when the sound beam gets absorbed in the medium |
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| The reflecting or absorbing of a sound wave, creating an echogenic anterior surface and an anechoic posterior surface is called |
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| Where is shadowing demonstrated? |
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| Shadowing is demonstrated distal to a structure |
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| The different scanning planes are |
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Anterior - transverse & sagittal
Posterior - transverse & sagittal
Left lateral - transverse & sagittal
right later - transverse & coronal
endovaginal - coronal (trv) & sagittal |
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| When the individual is standing erect, the arms are by the sides with the palms facing forward, the face and eyes are directed forward and the heels are together, with the feet pointing forward is called |
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| A vertical plane that bisects the body into right and left halves |
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| Any plane parallel to the median plane is |
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| Any vertical plane at right angles to the median plane which divides the body into unequal anterior and posterior planes is called |
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| any plane at right angles to both the median and coronal planes which divides it into superior and inferior parts |
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Towards the front of the body is called_____
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| The back of the body or the back of another structure is called _____ AKA _____ |
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| Nearer to or toward the midline is called |
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| Farther from the midline or to the side of the body |
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| Closer to the point of origin or closer to the body |
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| Away from the point of origin or away from the body is called |
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| interface between two fluids with different acoustic characteristics, this level will change with patient position |
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| usually refers to a diffuse disease process or metastatic disease |
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| borders are not well defined, are ill defines, or are not present |
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| well defined borders with internal echoes, the septa may be thin (likely benign), or thick (likely malignant) |
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| the sound beam is attenuated by a solid or calcified object, this reflection or absorption may be partial or complete, air bubbles in the duodenum my cause a dirty shadow to occur secondary to reflection, a stone would cause a sharp shadow posterior to its border |
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| The border of the structure may be |
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| smooth and well defined, or irregular |
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| The texture (parenchyma) of the structure is either |
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| homogeneous or heterogeneous |
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| The characteristic of an organ or of a mass is said to be |
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| anechoic, hypoechoic, isoechoic, hyperechoic or echogenic to the rest of the parenchyma |
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| The transmission of the sound is either |
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| increased, decreased, or unchanged |
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| An anechoic mass will show ________ transmission of sound, whereas a dermoid tumor will show ________ transmission |
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| A ________ structure has smooth, well defined borders, anechoic, increased through transmission |
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| A _________ characeristics of both a cyst and a solid structure |
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| A _______ structure has irregular borders, internal echoes, decreased through transmission |
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| A coronal scanning plane divides the body into |
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| unequal anterior and posterior planes |
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| The anatomic area not seen on a transverse plane is |
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| In a supine position, the patient would be |
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| Scanning planes are _____ dimensional |
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| The right or left lateral approach can be seen on a |
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| Complete the following anterior scanning surface plane orientation with the anatomical area seen in this transverse sector |
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Right Left
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| Complete the following anterior scanning surface plane orientation with the anatomical area seen in this sagittal sector |
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| A region in a sonographic image where the echoes are not as bright as normal or as less bright than surrounding structures is called |
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| _______ is any fluid filled structure in the body |
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| Shadowing is a reduction in echo amplitudes _______ to a strongly attenuating or reflecting structure |
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| The property of appearing echo free on an image is called |
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| __________ __________ is the manifestation of increased acoustic signal amplitudes returning from regions lying beyond an object that causes little or no attenuation of the sound beam |
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| Heterogeneous describes a structure that has ________ texture |
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| A region in a sonograhic image where the echoes are brighter than normal or brighter than surrounding structures is called |
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| ________ describes a structure or medium that is capable of producing echoes |
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| An example of an echogenic structure would be |
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| A structure that has characteristics of both cystic and solid is called |
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| Echotexture that resembles the surrounding tissue is termed |
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| The 3 constant criteria for describing a simple cyst are smooth borders, anechoic and _______ transmission |
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| Name the echogenicity associated with the accessory spleen when compared to the spleen |
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| A solid structure will show |
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| irregular borders, internal echoes and decreased transmission |
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| An infiltrating mass would demonstrate |
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| irregular borders, decreased transmission and distorted architecture |
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| Another name for posterior is |
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| Three areas of the body that are used to describe medial anatomical locations of the body are the xyphoid process, symphysis pubis and |
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| Another name for posterior is |
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| The term used to describe "towards the head" would be |
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| Attenuation is the decrease in intensity as sound travels through a material resulting from 3 factors: |
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| Scattering, reflection (diverge) and absorption |
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| Cystic and acechoic is synonymous (T/F) |
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| Isoechoic and homogeneous are synonymous (T/F) |
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