Put the following in order in decreasing echogenicity: - Precise Answer
✔✔Renal sinus, pancreas, liver, spleen, renal parenchyma
What describes the best way to image the patellar tendon with
ultrasound? - Precise Answer ✔✔Evaluate the patellar attachments from
an anterior approach
What is most likely to demonstrate a simple cyst with gravity dependent
debris in the right lobe of the liver? - Precise Answer ✔✔Early
echinococcal infection
What statement is true regarding retroperitoneal lymph nodes? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Abnormal lymph nodes exhibit posterior enhancement
The image demonstrates the Doppler evaluation of a transplant kidney.
The findings on the image are most suggestive of: - Precise Answer
✔✔Renal vein thrombosis
,A 30yr old presents with history of a normal clinical exam of the
scrotum and infertility. What is the referring doctor expecting to find on
the US exam? - Precise Answer ✔✔Varicocele
The major branches of the Celiac axis are: - Precise Answer ✔✔Left
gastric, splenic, common hepatic artery
What has the lowest risk of developing renal cell carcinoma (RCC)? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Patients with autosomal recessive PCKD
Billroth cords in the red pulp of the spleen are responsible for
_______________ destruction. Malpighian corpuscles in the white pulp
of the spleen are responsible for _____________ production. - Precise
Answer ✔✔RBC, lymphocyte
What type of transducer produced this image? - Precise Answer
✔✔Sector phased array
A 30yr old patient presents with an order for a renal ultrasound due to
suspected multicystic kidney disease (MCKD). What are the expected
findings on the ultrasound exam if the abnormality is present? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Unilateral formation of multiple renal cysts consuming the
renal parenchyma
What best describes the areas indicated by the yellow arrows? - Precise
Answer ✔✔PE element damage
, What will improve the color Doppler visualization of flow in the arcuate
arteries? - Precise Answer ✔✔Increased transducer frequency
What acoustic properties causes the echogenic appearance of the
diaphragm related to the surrounding structures? - Precise Answer
✔✔Specular reflection
What sonographic technique can be used to evaluate a possible inguinal
hernia? - Precise Answer ✔✔color Doppler
What describes the ultrasound appearance of an abnormal small bowel
segment? - Precise Answer ✔✔Intraluminal and extraluminal fluid
What are commonly associated findings with horseshoe kidneys? -
Precise Answer ✔✔Calculi and hydronephrosis
A patient presents for an abdominal sonogram due to a history of hepatic
congestion. What structure(s) should be closely evaluated for related
findings? - Precise Answer ✔✔Portal system
What describes the correct method used to measure the wall thickness of
the gallbladder? - Precise Answer ✔✔With the ultrasound beam as
perpendicular to the GB wall as possible, measure the AP thickness of
the anterior wall
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