DMSO 1210 Final Exam with Complete
Rationales 2026-2027 Updated.
Anechoic - Answer without echoes, fluid filled
Hyperechoic - Answer Brighter mass than surrounding tissue, lots of echos
Hypoechoic - Answer Darker mass than surrounding tissue
Isoechoic - Answer Same as surrounding mass, may seem to blend in
Two types of texture - Answer Homogenous and heterogenous
Homogenous texture - Answer Same texture throughout
heterogenous texture - Answer Not a consistent texture throughout
Clean Shadowing - Answer Shadowing seen posterior to solids Created by clean cut outlines
dirty shadowing - Answer shadowing seen posterior to gas or air with outlines that seem fuzzy
acoustic enhancement - Answer Also know as through transmission, brightens posterior of an
anechoic structure
solid mass - Answer Composed of tissue
cystic mass - Answer Contains fluid
simple cyst - Answer Benign, has smooth thin walls, has through transmission, round and
anechoic
STAR - Answer Smooth thin walled, through transmission, anechoic, round
complex cyst - Answer Has fluid and tissue components
, Diagnostic reasoning steps - Answer 1. History
2. hypothesis
3. Investigative imaging
4. sonography findings
5.correlation
image - Answer Investigate history
make hypothesis
analyze with sonography
gather findings
evaluate for connections
audible sound - Answer Between 2&20,000 Hz
Infrasound - Answer Less than 2 Hz
Ultrasound - Answer Greater than 20,000Hz
Sonographers use - Answer Between 2&15 MHz or higher
sign - Answer Evidence
Symptom - Answer Manifistation of a disease that a patient EXPERIENCES
Clinical - Answer Observe, scan, contribute to each exam, maintain good work ethic
sonographer - Answer Highly skilled medical professional who utilizes equipment that emits
ultrasound waves into the body to create a diagnostic image of the human body
Clinical findings - Answer Used to form basis for the exam
Sonographic report - Answer Provides basic descriptive info of the study (measurements,
abnormalities)
Pathology - Answer Process of disease
Rationales 2026-2027 Updated.
Anechoic - Answer without echoes, fluid filled
Hyperechoic - Answer Brighter mass than surrounding tissue, lots of echos
Hypoechoic - Answer Darker mass than surrounding tissue
Isoechoic - Answer Same as surrounding mass, may seem to blend in
Two types of texture - Answer Homogenous and heterogenous
Homogenous texture - Answer Same texture throughout
heterogenous texture - Answer Not a consistent texture throughout
Clean Shadowing - Answer Shadowing seen posterior to solids Created by clean cut outlines
dirty shadowing - Answer shadowing seen posterior to gas or air with outlines that seem fuzzy
acoustic enhancement - Answer Also know as through transmission, brightens posterior of an
anechoic structure
solid mass - Answer Composed of tissue
cystic mass - Answer Contains fluid
simple cyst - Answer Benign, has smooth thin walls, has through transmission, round and
anechoic
STAR - Answer Smooth thin walled, through transmission, anechoic, round
complex cyst - Answer Has fluid and tissue components
, Diagnostic reasoning steps - Answer 1. History
2. hypothesis
3. Investigative imaging
4. sonography findings
5.correlation
image - Answer Investigate history
make hypothesis
analyze with sonography
gather findings
evaluate for connections
audible sound - Answer Between 2&20,000 Hz
Infrasound - Answer Less than 2 Hz
Ultrasound - Answer Greater than 20,000Hz
Sonographers use - Answer Between 2&15 MHz or higher
sign - Answer Evidence
Symptom - Answer Manifistation of a disease that a patient EXPERIENCES
Clinical - Answer Observe, scan, contribute to each exam, maintain good work ethic
sonographer - Answer Highly skilled medical professional who utilizes equipment that emits
ultrasound waves into the body to create a diagnostic image of the human body
Clinical findings - Answer Used to form basis for the exam
Sonographic report - Answer Provides basic descriptive info of the study (measurements,
abnormalities)
Pathology - Answer Process of disease
