Preparation for Abdomen ARDMS Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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ARDMS
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ARDMS
Preparation for Abdomen ARDMS Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Bulls eye sign - answerUltrasound appearance of gastroesophageal junction?
rugae - answerirregular folds in stomach formed by mucosa and submucosal
5 mm's - answerthe undistended wall should not exceed how many mm's
haustrae - a...
Preparation for Abdomen ARDMS Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Bulls eye sign - answer✔Ultrasound appearance of gastroesophageal junction?
rugae - answer✔irregular folds in stomach formed by mucosa and submucosal
5 mm's - answer✔the undistended wall should not exceed how many mm's
haustrae - answer✔what are the large sacculations of the colon called?
thickened loops with no change with compression - answer✔slow graded transducer pressure is applied
with evaluation of gi tract, what would these findings reveal?
target sign and pseudo kidney sign - answer✔what is the classic appearance of adenocarcinoma?
6mm - answer✔normal appendix has a target appearance and should not measure more than--------------
-mm in diameter?
adhesions - answer✔what is most common cause of intestinal obstruction?
Increased activity - answer✔Evaluation of motor activity with obstruction will reveal?
Chronic - answer✔Is hashimoto's thryroiditis an acute or chronic condition?
calcium levels - answer✔the parathyroid glands secrete PTH which is responsible for maintaining what
levels?
Papillary - answer✔what is most common type of thyroid cancer?
Increased PTH levels, hypophosphatemia and hypercalcemia - answer✔The lab values with parathyroid
adenoma's will reveal what?
Longus coli muscle - answer✔what is the muscle located posterior to the thyroid and adjacent to the
trachea?
External carotid artery - answer✔The superior thyroid artery branches off what artery?
Thyroid enlargement, protruding eyeballs - answer✔Two features of Grave's disease?
Multinodular Goiter - answer✔What is the most common type of thyroid abnormality?
Innominate artery - answer✔The right common carotid artery arises from which artery?
Adventitia - answer✔What is the outermost layer of the arterial wall called?
Systemic hypertension - answer✔What is most common cause of arterial dissection?
distal to stenosis - answer✔maximum turbulence is usually detected distal or proximal to stenosis?
hyperechoic, hypoechoic, and free floating in vessel - answer✔Characteristics of acute venous
thrombosis?
tendon - answer✔Fibrous cord that attaches muscle to bone is what?
Enhancement - answer✔An artifact that occurs when sound strikes a curved or cylindrical structure at
less than 90 degrees is referred to as what?
Perimysium - answer✔A group of muscle fibers are bound together by a connective tissue layer called?
Capillaries and nerves - answer✔The endomysium consists of a network of?
Superior to the bladder in the lower abdomen - answer✔The usual location for a urachal cyst is where?
Popliteal Space - answer✔Where would a bakers cyst be located?
Anechoic mass with good through transmission - answer✔What is the most sonographic appearance of
an acute hematoma?
Lymphoma - answer✔Multiple lobulated masses located around the porta hepatis, celiac trunk or SMA
would most likely represent what?
Fusiform - answer✔What is most common type of abdominal aortic aneurysm?
Saccular - answer✔Type of abdominial aneurysm that has outpouching which is usually the result of
trauma or infection is?
Pseudoaneurysm - answer✔The patient has a mass located in the groin region adjacent to the artery,
which has mixed echogenicity and visable swirling blood, the most likely diagnosis would be what?
Cancer of the GI tract and ovarian cancer - answer✔The most common source of metastatic disease to
the peritoneum and mesentery is from?
Trauma and catheterization - answer✔What is the most common cause of pseudoaneurysm?
Dermoid - answer✔What is the most common benign mesenteric neoplasm?
50% - answer✔The one year mortality rate for a 6 cm abdominal aortic aneurysm is about?
Exudative ascites - answer✔Peritoneal fluid collection due to an inflammatory or malignant process,
which exhibits fine or coarse internal echoes is referred to as?
Fine needle aspiration - answer✔Type of biopsy that uses a capillary action technique is?
Subcostal - answer✔Core biopsy of the liver is best performed from which approach?
Lower pole in prone position - answer✔Renal biopsies are obtained from which pole of the kidney?
Upright - answer✔Thoracentesis is best performed with the patient in what position?
Matching layer - answer✔The material located in front of the transducer that helps to improve sound
transmission by reducing ultrasound reflection at the surface is called what?
one quarter of a wavelength - answer✔The optimal matching layer thickness is?
bandwidth - answer✔Range of frequencies present in a pulse is called?
mechanical - answer✔What is the type of transducer that has single or multiple moving elements is
called?
Linear switched and linear sequenced array - answer✔Another name for a linear array transducer is?
Linear arrays - answer✔Transducers that have multiple elements that are pulsed with slight time delays
are called?
Annular array - answer✔Type of transducer that has concentric elements is?
Sliced thickness - answer✔An artifact that appears as echoes filling a fluid filled structure or vessel is?
Clean shadows - answer✔Shadowing produced from calcific structures are referred to as?
Side lobe occur with single element transducers and grating lobes occur with multiple element
transducers. - answer✔What is the key difference between side lobe artifacts and grating lobe artifacts?
9-12 cm - answer✔What does the normal adult kidney measure?
True capsule - answer✔What is the fibrous capsule surrounding the kidney referred to as?
Columns of Bertin - answer✔The cortical tissue extending into the space between adjacent pyramids
appearing as a hypoechoic mass area is?
Cortex - answer✔What is outer portion of kidney referred to as?
Nephron - answer✔Structural and functional unit of kidney?
5 mm or less - answer✔The renal cortex is considered abnormal if measures what mm?
Dromedary Hump - answer✔Normal renal anatomical variant which has a bulging appearance to the
contour of the kidney is referred to as a?
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