Chapters 1 & 2 Flashcards
Define extroversion
-tend to speak first and think later
-enjoy parties/being in a crowd
-don’t mind sharing your many opinions
Define introversion
-prefer to be in a small group of people you know
-enjoy being alone
-good listener
Define sensing
-prefer to focus on concrete ideas
-prefer specific answers and less theory
Define intuition
-enjoy figuring out how things work
-look forward to your future prospects
-can multitask
Define thinking
-believe in truth and justice
-impartial
-not concerned with popularity
Define feeling
-try to avoid conflict
-love helping others
-often sacrifice for the good of others
Define judging
-don’t like surprise parties
-look serious most of the time
-enjoy keeping lists
Define perceiving
-you find it difficult to focus on one task at a time
-enjoy playing games
-cherish new experiences
Define self-awareness
Having a thorough understanding of one’s emotions, strengths, weaknesses, needs and ambition
Define self-regulation
An ongoing conversation we must have with ourselves that frees us from feelings
Define motivation
To achieve beyond everyone’s expectations, including one’s own; to achieve for the sake of achieving
Define empathy
Being aware of and considerate of other people’s feelings
Define social skills
Combining friendliness, cooperation, and effective communication to improve interactions
What are the 5 components of emotional intelligence?
Self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skills
What are the 8 personality types?
Extroversion, introversion, sensing, intuition, thinking, feeling, judging and perceiving
What is the IMAGE process?
Investigate history
Make hypothesis
Analyze with sonography
Gather findings
Evaluate for connections
Other names for sonographer reports
Findings or impressions
Define echogenicity
The number of echoes within a structure
Define anechoic
Without echoes; fluid-filled structures, appear black in color
What structures are anechoic?
Urinary gladder, gallbladder, blood vessels, simple cysts
Define hypoechoic
Few echoes; comparative term
Define echogenic
Opposite of anechoic; the most echoes in a structure, appears white or very light gray in color
What body structures are echogenic/hyperechoic?
Gallstones, fat, ligaments, bone
Define hyperechoic
Many echoes; comparative term
Define isoechoic
The same value of echoes
What are the 2 echotextures?
Heterogeneous and homogeneous
Define heteregeneous texture
Texture is not uniform; having different textures
Define homogeneous texture
Having the same texture
Types of shadowing
Dirty and clean
Define dirty shadowing and give an example
Edges are not clean, appears fuzzy
ex: bowel
Define clean shadowing and give an example
Edges are clean and you can “trace” around the shadows
ex: gallstones
Define acoustic enhancement
AKA through transmission
creates a bright “shadow” beyond the posterior border of an anechoic structure
Types of masses
Solid, simple cystic and complex cystic
Solid mass characteristic(s)
Tissue (no fluid)
Simple cystic mass characteristic(s)
Fluid (no tissue)
S.T.A.R
Smooth, thin-walled
Through transmission
Anechoic
Round
Complex cystic mass characteristic(s)
Fluid and tissue
What is the frequency needed for ultrasound?
> 20 kHz
How are sound waves pushed into the body in ultrasound?
Transducer
What is coupling gel?
Get that aids in transmission of sound
What is SDMS?
Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography
What is ARDMS?
American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography
What is constructive criticism?
Courteous manner of offering well-reasoned positive and negative opinions about the work of others
What is brain dumping?
test preparation technique in which a large amount of information is memorized by a test taker then the test taker “dumps” all the info on a scrap piece of paper when the test starts
