Image orientation

Question 1

Anterior

Answer 1

Front of the body

Question 2

Posterior

Answer 2

Back of the body

Question 3

Superior

Answer 3

Situated near the vertex of the head

Question 4

Inferior

Answer 4

Situated nearer the soles of the feet

Question 5

Lateral

Answer 5

Towards the side of the body

Question 6

Medial

Answer 6

Towards the midline of the bidy

Question 7

Superficial

Answer 7

Towards body surface

Question 8

Deep

Answer 8

Away form the body surface

Question 9

Liver position

Answer 9

Mostly to the right upper portion of the stomach, just below diaphragm.

Question 10

Spleen

Answer 10

Left side of the abdomen under ribs

Question 11

Pancreas

Answer 11

Across the back of the abdomen behind the stomach. Head on the right side of the abdomen connected to the duodenum. Tail, extends to the left side of the body

Question 12

Kidneys

Answer 12

Against back muscles in upper abdominal area. Sit opposite each other on the left and right side of the body. Right kidney sits lower than left because of liver

Question 13

Bladder

Answer 13

Muscular sac in pelvis above pubic bone

Question 14

Prostate

Answer 14

Located between the bladder and penis just in front of rectum

Question 15

Uterus

Answer 15

Hollow pear shaped lower abdomen between bladder and rectum

Question 16

Ovaries

Answer 16

Either side of the uterus within the broad ligament below the uterine tube.

Question 17

Echogenisty

Answer 17

Number of echoes within a structure

Question 18

Anechoic

Answer 18

Without internal echoes
Fluid filled structure

Question 19

Hypoechoic

Answer 19

Less echogenic

Question 20

Hyperechoic

Answer 20

More echoginetic
Suggest solid or dense structure

Question 21

Isoechoic

Answer 21

Same echogenisty

Question 22

Echotexture

Answer 22

Arrangement of echoes within a structure

Question 23

Homonegous

Answer 23

Uniform structure or composition trhoughou

Question 24

Heterogenous

Answer 24

Dissimilar composition appearing irregular or variegated

Question 25

Echopattern

Answer 25

Ultrasound appearance of a structure

Question 26

Image resolution

Answer 26

Ability to distinguish between two adjacent structures

Question 27

Acoustic window

Answer 27

Area of patient that enhance us transmission and provides optimal scanning access to the area of interest

Question 28

Acoustic impedance

Answer 28

Property of all substances and equal to product of the tissue density and the speed of sound

Question 29

Process of attenuation

Answer 29

Process that occurs as a sound wave travels througha medium

Question 30

ALARA principle

Answer 30

As low as reasonably achievable, keeping power exposure time to a minimum while acquiring the necessary clinical information