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
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
