Unit 1

Question 1

Ultrasound is greater than _______ Hz

Answer 1

20,000

Question 2

Ultrasound waves are pulsed into the body by a ______ with the help of a ________

Answer 2

transducer / coupling gel

Question 3

Describe the Pulse-echo technique, what does it produce?

Answer 3

When the pulse strikes an object within the body and returns to the transducer. Produces a sonographic image

Question 4

Diagnostic ultrasound range is usually between ___ and ____ MHz or higher

Answer 4

2 and 15 MHz

Question 5

A sonographer should have the ability to locate, measure and sonographically describe ___ within the body

Answer 5

pathology

Question 6

What is completed exactly after a sonography examination?

Answer 6

The sonographer report

Question 7

Define diagnostician

Answer 7

someone who produces a diagnosis from images and shares the diagnosis with the patient

Question 8

(T or F) Sonographers can provide diagnostic information to patients

Answer 8

FALSE. Sonographers who provide diagnostic information can be held legally liable

Question 9

The act of performing the sonographic examination may be referred to as _______

Answer 9

scanning

Question 10

General imaging is usually interpreted by a ______

Answer 10

Radiologist

Question 11

Echocardiograms are usually interpreted by a ______

Answer 11

Cardiologist

Question 12

_____ is the oldest of the diagnostic modalities within the imaging department

Answer 12

Radiography (x-rays)

Question 13

______ utilizes radioactive material for the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases

Answer 13

Nuclear medicine

Question 14

What is the gold standard in breast imaging?

Answer 14

Mammography

Question 15

MRI stands for…..

Answer 15

magnetic resonance imaging

Question 16

_______ uses a powerful magnetic field, radio waves and a devoted computer system to create sectional images of the human body

Answer 16

MRI’s

Question 17

Describe pulse-echo technique

Answer 17

The ultrasound transducer sends an ultrasound wave into the body and then listens for the returning echo

Question 18

What imaging technique does not require ionizing radiation to acquire images?

Answer 18

MRI’s

Question 19

Anechoic means…

Answer 19

Without echoes

Question 20

Hypoechoic means….

Answer 20

having few echoes

Question 21

Isoechoic means….

Answer 21

having the same echogenicity

Question 22

Define echogenicity

Answer 22

the number of echoes within a structure

Question 23

Define anechoic

Answer 23

Without echoes

Question 24

Another word for anterior is _____. They both mean…

Answer 24

Ventral; Towards the front of the body

Question 25

Contralateral means…

Answer 25

On the opposite side of the body

Question 26

Deep means…

Answer 26

Away from the surface of the body or structure

Question 27

Distal means…

Answer 27

Farther from the attachment point or origin of an extremity to the trunk of the body

Question 28

Another word for inferior is____. They both mean…

Answer 28

Caudal; Towards the feet or away from the head; a structure lower than another part of the body; the lower part of an organ or structure

Question 29

Ipsilateral means…

Answer 29

On the same side of the body
i.e the right arm and right leg are ipsilateral

Question 30

Lateral means

Answer 30

Away from the midline of the body or pertaining to the side; situated at or on the side

Question 31

Medial means…

Answer 31

Toward the middle of the body or an organ

Question 32

Another word for dorsal is ______. They both mean…

Answer 32

Posterior; Toward the back or behind another structure

Question 33

Proximal means…

Answer 33

Toward the origin or attachment of a structure to the trunk

Question 34

Superficial means…

Answer 34

Closer to the surface of the body or structure

Question 35

Another word for superior is ______ or ______, they all mean…..

Answer 35

Cranial; Cephalic; toward the head or higher in the body