INTRODUCTION TO NORMAL STRUCTURE
AND FUNCTION TRAINING STUDY SHEET
2026 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉Hyperechoic. Answer: Comparative term used to describe an area
in a sonographic image where the echoes are brighter or more
intense relative to surrounding structures.
◉Hypoechoic. Answer: Comparative term used to describe an area
in a sonographic image where the echoes are not as bright compared
to surrounding structures.
◉Infiltrative disease. Answer: Diffuse disease process that spreads
throughout an entire organ.
◉Interface. Answer: The boundary between two materials or
structures.
◉Intraorgan pathology. Answer: Abnormal disease process that
originates within an organ.
, ◉Intraperitoneal. Answer: Abdominopelvic structures enclosed in
the sac formed by the parietal peritoneum.
◉Ipsilateral. Answer: Situated on or affecting the same side.
◉Isogenic/isosonic. Answer: Comparative term used to describe an
area in a sonographic image where the echo patterns are equal in
echogenicity.
◉Localized disease. Answer: Represents a circumscribed mass or
multiple masses. May be classified as solid, cystic, or complex.
◉Long axis (view or section). Answer: Represents the longest length
of a structure.
◉Longitudinal (view or section). Answer: Pertains to length;
running lengthwise.
◉Mass. Answer: Circumscribed disease process.
◉Medium. Answer: Any material through which sound waves travel.
◉Mesentery. Answer: A double fold of peritoneum that connects
intraperitoneal organs to the abdominal cavity wall.
AND FUNCTION TRAINING STUDY SHEET
2026 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉Hyperechoic. Answer: Comparative term used to describe an area
in a sonographic image where the echoes are brighter or more
intense relative to surrounding structures.
◉Hypoechoic. Answer: Comparative term used to describe an area
in a sonographic image where the echoes are not as bright compared
to surrounding structures.
◉Infiltrative disease. Answer: Diffuse disease process that spreads
throughout an entire organ.
◉Interface. Answer: The boundary between two materials or
structures.
◉Intraorgan pathology. Answer: Abnormal disease process that
originates within an organ.
, ◉Intraperitoneal. Answer: Abdominopelvic structures enclosed in
the sac formed by the parietal peritoneum.
◉Ipsilateral. Answer: Situated on or affecting the same side.
◉Isogenic/isosonic. Answer: Comparative term used to describe an
area in a sonographic image where the echo patterns are equal in
echogenicity.
◉Localized disease. Answer: Represents a circumscribed mass or
multiple masses. May be classified as solid, cystic, or complex.
◉Long axis (view or section). Answer: Represents the longest length
of a structure.
◉Longitudinal (view or section). Answer: Pertains to length;
running lengthwise.
◉Mass. Answer: Circumscribed disease process.
◉Medium. Answer: Any material through which sound waves travel.
◉Mesentery. Answer: A double fold of peritoneum that connects
intraperitoneal organs to the abdominal cavity wall.