Diagnostic Medical Sonography Exam Questions And
Correct Answers
longitudinal and transverse - Answer ultrasound utilizes two planes
transducer - Answer the sound beam is emitted by the
notch - Answer the. allows the sonographer to know the direction of the image
longitudinal - Answer when the notch is pointed to the patients head, the image is
transverse - Answer when the notch is pointed towards the patients right side the image
is
compression or condensation - Answer the forward movement is termed, it is the
positive portion of the wave
rarefraction - Answer the backward movement is termed, it is the negative portion of the
wave
sound waves - Answer enter the body producing cyclical waves comprised of
compressions and rarefractions
mechanical, longitudinal waves - Answer sound waves are.,. that require a medium to
travel
vaccum - Answer sound waves cannot through a
straight line - Answer sound waves travel in a
, heat - Answer As the wave passes through a medium and interacts w/ the particles, it
transfers some of the energy to the medium .this movement causes a by-product in the
form of
mechanical energy - Answer the transference of energy through movement
mechanical wave - Answer therefore sound wave is a. as it is transferred from one point
to another
pressure - Answer refers to the concentration of force given over time
pascals (Pa) - Answer the unit for pressure is
density - Answer concentration of mas over volume
distance - Answer can be easily described as particle motion and can be measured in
any unit of distance
frequency - Answer has something to do with the number of cylces occuring within a
given point in time
hertz - Answer the unit of frequency is
20-20,000 Hz - Answer audible range
less than 20 Hz - Answer infrasound
greater than 20,000 Hz - Answer ultrasound
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