Exam 3

Question 1

What is the best plane to image the renal arteries and veins?

Answer 1

Transverse

Question 2

List the 14 steps of blood flow through the kidneys

Answer 2

Question 3

Label the vessels of the kidney

Answer 3

Question 4

What does UPJ and UVJ stand for and where are they located?

Answer 4

UPJ: Uretal Pelvic Junction
UVJ: Ureterovesical junction

Question 5

Where are the Columns of Bertin located?

Answer 5

In the cortex of the kidneys, between the Medullary Pyramids

often mistaken as a cyst

Question 6

The functional unit of the kidney is the ________

Answer 6

Nephron

Question 7

In an ultrasound scan, the renal capsule is seen as _________

Answer 7

hyper echoic (ADD PHOTO)

Question 8

Dark is described as ______ echoic
Light is described as ______ echoic
The same echogenicity is described as ______
Different echogenicity is described as ______

Answer 8

Dark= hyper echoic
Light= hypo echoic
Same= homogeneous
Different= heterogeneous

Question 9

What are the STAR qualities of a simple cyst?

Answer 9

Smooth
Through transmission
Anechoic
Round

Question 10

When taking a biopsy of the kidney, which kidney is it done on? Why?

Answer 10

The right kidney, because next to the left kidney is the spleen. If the spleen is accidentally poked, it’ll cause internal bleeding

Question 11

Another name for 2-d is _______ mode

Answer 11

B Mode

Question 12

Motion mode is abbreviated as ________

Answer 12

m-mode

Question 13

Who credentials us?

Answer 13

ARDMS

Question 14

To say that a structure is white on the ultrasound screen we say ________. What is an example of an structure that is white?

Answer 14

anechoic
diaphragm

Question 15

To say that a structure is gray on the ultrasound image we say that it is________.

Answer 15

hypo echoic

Question 16

To say that a structure is black on the ultrasound image we say that it is ______. What structures are always black?

Answer 16

anechoic
Vessels such as the aorta or IVC