Planes

Question 1

Standing erect, arms at side, palms forward, heels together, and feet pointed forward

Answer 1

Anatomic Position

Question 2

Feet

Answer 2

Caudal

Question 3

Which sagittal plane has posterior at the bottom of the (linear) transducer superior at the head?

Answer 3

Anterior Approach

Question 4

Lying face up

Answer 4

Supine

Question 5

Which sagittal plane has anterior on the bottom of the (linear) transducer and superior at the head?

Answer 5

Posterior Approach

Question 6

Any plane at right angles to both median and coronal planes

Answer 6

Transverse Plane

Question 7

Below

Answer 7

Inferior

Question 8

Head

Answer 8

Cranial

Question 9

Any plan parallel to median plane

Answer 9

Sagittal Plane

Question 10

Which transverse plane has posterior at the bottom and right lateral at the head of the transducer?

Answer 10

Anterior Approach

Question 11

Which transverse lateral plane has anterior at the head and medial at the bottom of the transducer?

Answer 11

Left Lateral

Question 12

Lying face down

Answer 12

Prone

Question 13

Away from the origin

Answer 13

Distal

Question 14

Above

Answer 14

Superior

Question 15

Which scanning plane has superior plane at the head and lateral at the top?

Answer 15

Coronal Plane

Question 16

Nearer to the midline

Answer 16

Medial

Question 17

Toward back of body

Answer 17

Dorsal

Question 18

Vertical plane, divides body into right and left halves

Answer 18

Median plane

Question 19

Which transverse plane has anterior at the bottom and left lateral at the head of transducer?

Answer 19

Posterior Approach

Question 20

Toward front of body

Answer 20

Ventral

Question 21

Which transverse lateral plane has posterior at the head and Medial at the bottom of the transducer?

Answer 21

Right Lateral

Question 22

Any vertical plane at right angles to the median plane

Answer 22

Coronal Plane

Question 23

Closer to the point of origin, or closer to the body

Answer 23

Proximal

Question 24

Liver can be described as?

Answer 24

Homogeneous with moderate echogenicity

Question 25

Muscle tissue appear?

Answer 25

Homogeneous with low echogenicity

Question 26

Fluid filled structures (vessels, ducts, umbilical cord, amniotic sac, ovarian follicles, bile filled gallbladder and urine filled bladder, etc.) should have what kind of appearance?

Answer 26

Anechoic interior and echogenicity walls

Question 27

Fluid is described as?

Answer 27

Anechoic

Question 28

Gas, air, collapsed lumen are described as?

Answer 28

Echogenic

Question 29

Highly reflective bright echoes with strong posterior shadowing

Answer 29

Bone

Question 30

May be hyperechoic or hypoechoic to surrounding structures

Answer 30

Fat

Question 31

Air, fissures ligaments and diaphram are described as?

Answer 31

Echogenic