Tempkin Chapter 1 Terms

Question 1

Acoustic Enhancement

Answer 1

The area of increased echogenicity behind fluid filled structures

Question 2

Anechoic

Answer 2

Echo free

Question 3

Attenuate

Answer 3

Absorb, impede, stop, or decrease

Question 4

Bull’s Eye

Answer 4

An empty collapsed bowel has a distinctive appearance of a “bull’s eye” due to the contrast between the highly echogenic collapsed lumen and the darker, barely echogenic walls

Question 5

Echogenicity

Answer 5

Echoes produced by reflections of the sound beam

Question 6

Heterogeneous

Answer 6

Mixed echo pattern

Question 7

Homogeneous

Answer 7

Uniform composition throughout

Question 8

Hyperechoic

Answer 8

Echoes brighter than surrounding tissues

Question 9

Hypoechoic

Answer 9

Echoes not as bright as surrounding tissues

Question 10

Isosonic

Answer 10

The same echogenicity

Question 11

Isoechoic

Answer 11

The same echogenicity

Question 12

Parenchyma

Answer 12

The bulk of tissue comprising an organ

Question 13

Scanning Survey

Answer 13

A detailed inclusive observation

Question 14

Through Transmission

Answer 14

The area of increased echogenicity behind fluid filled structures

Question 15

Echogenic

Answer 15

Bright

Question 16

Lumen

Answer 16

Interiors