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Urinary System Scanning Protocol Flashcards

1
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upper urinary tract

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Kidneys

Ureters

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Lower urinary tract

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Urinary bladder

Urethra

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3
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Removing water and waste products from the blood

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Filtration

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4
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Removing wastes in the form of urine

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Excretion

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5
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Maitaining the salt to water balance and help in regulating blood pressure

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Maintenance

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Producing hormones that are deployed through the body

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Hormone production

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7
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Kidneys are located at _______ of spine

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Retroperitoneum

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8
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Kidneys are at the level of

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T12 and L4

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9
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Right kidneys are _____ than the left kidney

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Lower

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10
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Right kidneys is posteroinferior to the

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Liver and gallbladder

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11
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Left kidney is inferior and medial of

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Spleen

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12
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Presents as midgray or medium to low-level homogeneous echoes

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Renal cortex

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Consists of medullary pyramids which appears as triangular , round or blunted anechoic areas

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Renal medulla

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14
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Rebal medulla is _______ thick

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1.2 - 1.5 cm

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15
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Have a distinctive and readily identifiable appearance

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Anechoic pyramids

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16
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Bright echodense ovoid central portion of the kidney with irregular borders

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Renal sinus

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17
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It houses the collecting system , lymphatic and renal vessels

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Renal sinus

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18
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Outer cover is the

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Rind / capsule

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19
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Collecting system is called

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Pelvocalyceal / calicopelvic

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20
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Renal cortex of normal kidney pediatrics

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Hyperechoic

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21
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Medullary pyramids in the pediatric kidney is

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More visible

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22
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Transducer

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3.5 mHz

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23
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Recommeded positioning

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Supine
Prone
Right and left decubitus

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24
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Ptosis of the kidney is suspected at

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Upright projection

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25
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Important factors to evaluate the renal parenchyma

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Proper gain control

Sensitivity time control

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26
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To delineate different sections of the kidney

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Longitudinal and transverse

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27
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Right kidneys are seen using the window

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Right lobe of the liver

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28
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Landmark of the left kidney

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Spleen

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29
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Longitudinal axis

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9-10 cm

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30
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Vertical axis

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4-5 cm

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31
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Neonatal

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2-3 cm

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32
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Kidneys shrink due to

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Atrophic changes

33
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Atropic changes

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Age
Circulatory inefficiency
Renal disease

34
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Large kidney is larger to accomodate increase workload

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Hypertrophy

35
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Renal disease to small kidney

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Chronic pyelonephritis
Chronic glumerulonephritis
Kimmelstiel wilson’s disease
Nepheosclerosis

36
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Large kidneys disease

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Renal hypertension

Acute inflammatory disease

37
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It demostrates the tumor mass and whether the mass is solid or fluid

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Ultrasound

38
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Classification of renal masses

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Fluid -filled mass
Solid mass
Complex renal masses

39
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Round pouch of smooth , thin-walled tissue or closed pocket that is usually filled with fluid

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Renal cyst

40
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True cyst is considered

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Anechoic
Smooth
Exhibit posterior acoustic enhancement

41
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Considered benign

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Cystic masses

42
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Usually malignant

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Solid masses

43
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Most common malignant tumor

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Renal cell carcinoma

44
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Absence of a back wall tends to be irregular

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Hypoechoic mass

45
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Smooth continuous wall

46
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Exhibits both fluid and solid texture

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Complex masses

47
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A rare tumor

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Cystic renal cell carninoma

48
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Shows a complex pattern

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Renal hematoma

49
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Most common benign tumor of the kidney

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Angiomyolipoma

50
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Kidney stones

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Nephrolithiasis

51
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A color phenomenon visible behind a strongly reflecting interface

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Twinkling artifact

52
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Twinkling artifact is called

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Scintillation artifact / twinkle artifact

53
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Twinkling artifact is beneficial for the detection of

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Urinary tract stones

Urinary calculi

54
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Urine builds up in the kidneys and cannot drain out the bladder

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Hydronephrosis

55
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3 components of hydronephrosis

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Pelviectasis
Calliectasis
Hydroureter

56
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Lower segment of the ureter is obstructed the the urine

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Pelviectasis

57
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Dilation of the renal calyces then follows

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Calliectasis

58
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Dilation of ureter

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Hydroureter

59
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Grading of hydronephrosis

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Mild
Moderate
Severe

60
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Visualization of the collecting system w/ blurring

61
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Dilation of the collecting system

62
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Severely dilated ; clubbed calyces w/ thinning of cortical parenchyma

63
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Calcium levels in the kidneys are increased

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Nephrocalcinosis

64
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Obtain characteristics shape by forming a cast of renal pelvis and calices resembling horns

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Staghorn calculus / coral calculi

65
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Developmental renal anomaly characterized by abnormal anatomical location of one or both of the kidneys

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Ectopic kidney ( renal ectopia )

66
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The effect of urine entering the urinary bladder ureteral orifices

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Ureteral jets

67
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Described the sonographic appearanceof the urine filling bladder

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Ureteral jets

68
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Sac that receives and stores urine produced by the kidney

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Urinary bladder

69
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Urinary bladder is located at

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Laterally lying psoas muscle

70
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The bladder lumen appears

71
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Insignificant

72
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Minimal

73
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Moderate

74
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Significant

75
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Bladder stone

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Urinary bladder calculi / vesical calculus / cystolith

76
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Outpouching from the bladder wall , whereby mucosa herniates through the bladder wall

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Urinary bladder diverticulum

77
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Used to drain the bladder .

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Urinary catheters

78
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Parts of the urinary system

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2 kidneys
Ureters
Urinary bladder
Urethra

Ultrasound (6 decks)

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