SONOGRAPHY STUDY GUIDE TEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS SUCCESS RESOURCE

SONOGRAPHY STUDY GUIDE TEST
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
SUCCESS RESOURCE

●● Transducer
Answer: device that converts one form of energy to another (in
ultrasound, it is electrical to sound)


●● Acoustics
Answer: deals with generation, propagation, and receiving of sound
waves


●● Acoustic Window
Answer: term to describe an area of the body that easily transmits a
sound wave from and back


●● Color Doppler
Answer: allows visualization of blood flow in vessels


●● sonography
Answer: imaging modality used to visualize structures below the skin
using sound waves

, ●● sonographer
Answer: term used to describe the individual who performs the
sonographic examination


●● supine
Answer: patient is lying flat on his back.
Position used to visualize many abdominal, vascular, superficial,
obstetric and gynecologic structures.


●● Prone
Answer: patient is lying on their stomach.
This position is used to demonstrate the kidneys, some vascular anatomy
and sometimes the fundus of the gallbladder.


●● Erect
Answer: patient is sitting or standing upright


●● Right Lateral Decubitus
Answer: The patient lies on his right side with the left arm elevated
above his head


●● Left Lateral Decubitus