MSK REVIEW | COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS & EXAM PREP
2026/2027
What are the long muscle fibers under voluntary control? - ANS ✔✔Skeletal muscle
What kind of transducer should be used for a musculoskeletal exam? - ANS ✔✔High-frequency
linear transducer
What structures connect muscles to bones? - ANS ✔✔Tendons
Bone to bone? - ANS ✔✔Ligaments
What is an aponeuroses? - ANS ✔✔Band-like flat tendons that connect muscle to the bone
Tendons will have a - ANS ✔✔smooth sonographic appearance
whereas, ligaments will have more of a - ANS ✔✔spongy appearance
What MSK structure is the only one to have a protocol of images? - ANS ✔✔Shoulder,
Everything else, you will scan "area or interest"
nerves will - ANS ✔✔accompany vessels and are variable in appearance, use power Doppler to
determine if the structure has color flow.
What is a sac-like structure surrounding joints and tendons containing viscous fluid that
facilitates movement of tendons or muscles over bony projections? - ANS ✔✔Bursa
2026/2027
What are the long muscle fibers under voluntary control? - ANS ✔✔Skeletal muscle
What kind of transducer should be used for a musculoskeletal exam? - ANS ✔✔High-frequency
linear transducer
What structures connect muscles to bones? - ANS ✔✔Tendons
Bone to bone? - ANS ✔✔Ligaments
What is an aponeuroses? - ANS ✔✔Band-like flat tendons that connect muscle to the bone
Tendons will have a - ANS ✔✔smooth sonographic appearance
whereas, ligaments will have more of a - ANS ✔✔spongy appearance
What MSK structure is the only one to have a protocol of images? - ANS ✔✔Shoulder,
Everything else, you will scan "area or interest"
nerves will - ANS ✔✔accompany vessels and are variable in appearance, use power Doppler to
determine if the structure has color flow.
What is a sac-like structure surrounding joints and tendons containing viscous fluid that
facilitates movement of tendons or muscles over bony projections? - ANS ✔✔Bursa
