Ultrasound

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  • Created on: 01-07-18 18:16
Can ultrasound travel through a vacuum?
No
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What frequency does ultrasound have?
20,000 hz
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Can humans hear ultrasound?
No
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What type of wave is ultrasound?
Longitudinal
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What is are compressions?
Regions of higher pressure
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What are rarefactions?
Regions of low pressure
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What happens to the wavelength when there is a higher frequency or pitch?
It gets smaller
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How can ultrasound help kidney stones?
They break down kidney stones into smaller pieces
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Does ultrasound damage cells?
No
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What is a use of ultrasound to do with soft tissue?
It is able to produce images of soft tissue
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Why is ultrasound preferred to X-rays?
Ultrasound can build up an image of the internal structure
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What happens to ultrasound at each boundary in a body?
Some are reflected and the rest are transmitted
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