5. Imaging Motion & Flow Flashcards
The _____ are the tiniest vessels in the circulatory system.
a. arteries
b. arterioles
c. capillaries
d. bile ducts
e. venules
f. veins
c. capillaries
The characteristic of a fluid that offers resistance to flow is called ______.
a. resistance
b. viscosity
c. inertia
d. impedance
e. density
b. viscosity
Poise is a unit of _____.
a. resistance
b. viscosity
c. inertia
d. impedance
e. density
b. viscosity
Pressure is _____ per unit area.
a. resistance
b. viscosity
c. inertia
d. force
d. force
Pressure is _____.
a. nondirectional
b. unidirectional
c. omnidirectional
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
c. omnidirectional
Flow is a response to pressure ______ or _______.
a. difference, gradient
b. increase, decrease
c. fore, aft
d. presence, absence
a. difference, gradient
The volumetric flow rate in a tube is determined by _____ difference and ______.
a. resistance, pressure
b. pressure, resistance
c. diameter, length
d. pressure, length
b. pressure, resistance
Flow increases if _____ increase(s).
a. pressure difference
b. pressure gradient
c. resistance
d. a and b
e. all of the above
d. a and b
While flow resistance increases, volumetric flow rate _____.
a. increases
b. decreases
c. is unchanged
d. depends on pressure
b. decreases
If pressure difference is doubled, volumetric flow rate is ______.
a. unchanged
b. quartered
c. halved
d. doubled
e. quadrupled
d. doubled
If flow resistance is doubled, volumetric flow rate is ______.
a. unchanged
b. quartered
c. halved
d. doubled
e. quadrupled
c. halved
Flow resistance in a vessel depends on ______.
a. vessel length
b. vessel radius
c. blood viscosity
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
d. all of the above
Flow resistance decreases with an increase in _______.
a. vessel length
b. vessel radius
c. blood viscosity
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
b. vessel radius
Flow resistance depends most strongly on ______.
a. vessel length
b. vessel radius
c. blood viscosity
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
b. vessel radius
Volumetric flow rate decreases with an increase in ________.
a. pressure difference
b. vessel radius
c. vessel length
d. blood viscosity
e. c and d
e. c and d
When the speed of a fluid is constant across a vessel, the flow is called _____ flow.
a. volume
b. parabolic
c. laminar
d. viscous
e. plug
e. plug
_______ flow occurs when straight parallel streamlines describing the flow are altered.
a. volume
b. turbulent
c. parabolic
d. disturbed
d. disturbed
______ flow involves random and chaotic flow patterns, with particles flowing in all directions.
a. volume
b. turbulent
c. parabolic
d. disturbed
b. turbulent
Turbulent flow is more likely _______ to a stenosis.
a. proximal
b. distal
b. distal
A narrowing of the lumen of a tube is called a _______.
a. stenosis
b. gorge
c. titer
d. kink
a. stenosis
Proximal to, at, and distal to a stenosis, ______ must be constant.
a. laminar flow
b. disturbed flow
c. turbulent flow
d. volumetric flow rate
e. none of the above
d. volumetric flow rate
Poiseuille equation predicts a(n) _____ in flow speed with a decrease in vessel radius.
a. increase
b. decrease
b. decrease
The continuity rule predicts a(n) _____ in flow speed with a localized decrease (stenosis) in vessel diameter.
a. increase
b. decrease
a. increase
In a stenosis, the pressure is _____ the proximal and distal values.
a. less than
b. equal to
c. greater than
d. depends on the fluid
e. none of the above
a. less than
Added forward flow and flow reversal in diastole can occur with _____ flow.
a. volume
b. turbulent
c. laminar
d. disturbed
e. pulsatile
e. pulsatile
While stenosis diameter decreases, ______ pass(es) through a maximum.
a. flow speed at the stenosis
b. flow speed proximal to the stenosis
c. volumetric flow rate
d. the Doppler shift at the stenosis
e. a and d
e. a and d
The _____ effect is used to detect and measure ____ in vessels.
a. Bernoulli, blood
b. Poiseuille, pressure
c. Poiseuille, flow
d. Doppler, flow
d. Doppler, flow
Motion of an echo-generating structure causes an echo to have a different ______ from that of the emitted pulse.
a. form
b. strength
c. amplitude
d. frequency
d. frequency
If the incident frequency is 1 MHz, the propagation speed is 1600 m/s, and the reflector speed is 16 m/s toward the source, the Doppler shift is ___ MHz, and the reflected frequency is ____ MHz.
a. -.-02, 1.02
b. 0.02, 1.02
c. 0.026, 1.026
d. -0.026, 1.026
b. 0.02, 1.02
For an operating frequency of 6 MHz, a flow speed of 50 cm/s, and a Doppler angle of 60 degrees, calculate the Doppler shift (kHz).
a. 1.95
b. 9.15
c. 5.91
d. 5.19
a. 1.95