Across
- 5. A lesion or tissue appearing the same echogenicity as surrounding tissue
- 6. Occurs when the blood supply to the tissue in a hernia is cut off
- 7. Surgery where gallbladder is removed
- 12. Accumulation of fluid within spaces of the abdomen
- 13. An ultrasound probe that emits a fan shaped ultrasound beam
- 14. Medical detective that uses high frequency sound waves to assess anatomical structures and pathologies
- 15. Reduction in amplitude or intensity as sound wave travels through medium
- 19. Artifact causing structures to appear more hypoechoic if sound beam isn't perpendicular
- 20. Type of twin pregnancy that shares a placenta
Down
- 1. Type of twin pregnancy that develops in 2 separate gestational sacs
- 2. Deposition of calcium salts in renal parenchyma
- 3. The device that is used to generate and receive ultrasound energy
- 4. Special ceramic crystal materials that vibrate to produce high frequency sound waves when electric current is applied
- 6. A type of fibroid that grows under the lining of the endometrium and may protrude into the endometrial cavity
- 8. A method for measuring and displaying the relative stiffness of tissues
- 9. Ability to distinguish between two objects in close proximity
- 10. Artifact caused by sound waves bouncing back and forth between 2 strong parallel reflectors
- 11. Occurs when there is an intrauterine gestation and an extrauterine gestation
- 16. Bony prominence at the end of a normal bone contour or at the margin of joint
- 17. Setting the modifies the amplification of received echo signals
- 18. Benign tumor of vascular origin that appears well-defined and hyperechoic on ultrasound