ABD | Term 5 Week 4: MSK Sonography Questions and Answers with
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Question 1.
A bursa performs what function?
a. It provides fluid protection to areas that are subject to friction.
b. It provides support to muscles.
c. It provides support to tendons.
d. It provides nerve bundles to the ligaments.
Correct Answer: a. It provides fluid protection to areas that are subject to
friction.
Question 2.
Normal muscle appears sonographically as:
a. echogenic
b. homogeneous
c. heterogeneous
d. sonolucent
Correct Answer: b. homogeneous
Question 3.
A Baker's cyst is an example of:
a. communicating bursa
b. noncommunicating bursa
c. fatty sac
d. abscess
Correct Answer: a. communicating bursa
Question 4.
The angle and direction of the reflected beam depends upon the angle of incidence is
found in:
a. reverberation
b. anisotropy
c. refractile shadowing
d. mirror image
Correct Answer: b. anisotropy
Question 5.
The best definition of refractile shadowing is:
a. tendon tear
b. metal clips
c. curved edge of a structure
d. artifact between bone and transducer
Correct Answer: a. tendon tear
, Question 6.
Correct Answer: a. carpal tunnel syndrome
Question 7.
The tendon responsible for dorsal and plantar flexion of the foot is the:
a. biceps tendon
b. patellar tendon
c. Achilles tendon
d. semimembranous tendon
Correct Answer: c. Achilles tendon
Question 8.
What type of tendinitis is found more commonly in the sonographer?
a. scanning tendinitis
b. De Quervain’s tendinitis
c. synovial tendinitis
d. tenosynovitis
Correct Answer: b. De Quervain’s tendinitis
Question 9.
A complete tear of a muscle with a straightforward appearance of a retracted hyperechoic
muscle surrounded by a hematoma is known as:
a. McBurney’s sign
b. clapper-in-the-bell sign
c. gastrocnemius sign
d. sandwich sign
Correct Answer: b. clapper-in-the-bell sign
Question 10.
What is a bandlike flat tendon connecting muscle to bone?
a. ligament
b. aponeurosis
Correct Answer: b. aponeurosis
Question 11.
Support and strength of a joint result in part from the:
a. muscle
b. bursa
c. cartilage
d. ligament
Correct Answer: d. ligament
100% Correct Answers | Latest Version
Question 1.
A bursa performs what function?
a. It provides fluid protection to areas that are subject to friction.
b. It provides support to muscles.
c. It provides support to tendons.
d. It provides nerve bundles to the ligaments.
Correct Answer: a. It provides fluid protection to areas that are subject to
friction.
Question 2.
Normal muscle appears sonographically as:
a. echogenic
b. homogeneous
c. heterogeneous
d. sonolucent
Correct Answer: b. homogeneous
Question 3.
A Baker's cyst is an example of:
a. communicating bursa
b. noncommunicating bursa
c. fatty sac
d. abscess
Correct Answer: a. communicating bursa
Question 4.
The angle and direction of the reflected beam depends upon the angle of incidence is
found in:
a. reverberation
b. anisotropy
c. refractile shadowing
d. mirror image
Correct Answer: b. anisotropy
Question 5.
The best definition of refractile shadowing is:
a. tendon tear
b. metal clips
c. curved edge of a structure
d. artifact between bone and transducer
Correct Answer: a. tendon tear
, Question 6.
Correct Answer: a. carpal tunnel syndrome
Question 7.
The tendon responsible for dorsal and plantar flexion of the foot is the:
a. biceps tendon
b. patellar tendon
c. Achilles tendon
d. semimembranous tendon
Correct Answer: c. Achilles tendon
Question 8.
What type of tendinitis is found more commonly in the sonographer?
a. scanning tendinitis
b. De Quervain’s tendinitis
c. synovial tendinitis
d. tenosynovitis
Correct Answer: b. De Quervain’s tendinitis
Question 9.
A complete tear of a muscle with a straightforward appearance of a retracted hyperechoic
muscle surrounded by a hematoma is known as:
a. McBurney’s sign
b. clapper-in-the-bell sign
c. gastrocnemius sign
d. sandwich sign
Correct Answer: b. clapper-in-the-bell sign
Question 10.
What is a bandlike flat tendon connecting muscle to bone?
a. ligament
b. aponeurosis
Correct Answer: b. aponeurosis
Question 11.
Support and strength of a joint result in part from the:
a. muscle
b. bursa
c. cartilage
d. ligament
Correct Answer: d. ligament
