Cornell
HM-POCUS

Hospital Medicine Point of Care Ultrasonography

Question 1: Which of these statements is FALSE?

The urethra is longer in males.
The seminal vesicles attach laterally to the prostate.
The prostate is inferior to the bladder
The ureterovesical junctions are located on the inferior and posterior aspect of the bladder.

Question 2: Which is unique to the ultrasound of the male pelvis as compared to the female pelvis?

Presence of the rectovesicular pouch.
Presence of the supravesical fossa.
The rectum is the most posterior organ in the pelvis
Presence of the Pouch of Douglas.

Question 3: What is TRUE about transabdominal pelvic ultrasound?

An empty bladder creates an acoustic window.
In the sagittal plane, the bladder is deep to the uterus.
In the sagittal plane, the prostate is seen below the bladder in the center of the screen.
The position of the uterus is affected by the bladder’s volume.

Question 4: Which statement is TRUE about scanning the bladder?

The probe is rocked inferiorly with the indicator directed to the patient’s anatomical right to visualize the bladder in the transverse plane.
The probe is tilted inferiorly with the indicator directed to the patient’s head to visualize the bladder in the transverse plane.
The probe is rocked inferiorly with the indicator directed to the patient’s head to visualize the bladder in the sagittal plane.
The probe is tilted inferiorly with the indicator directed to the patient’s anatomical right to visualize the bladder in the sagittal plane.

Question 5: Which statement about bladder volume measurement is FALSE?

The measurement of the superior to inferior wall of the bladder is taken from the transverse plane.
A coefficient is used to more accurately estimate bladder volume.
An oblique measurement line may be needed to measure the superior to inferior dimension in bladders with a triangular shape.
Measurement of the anterior to posterior dimension can be taken from either the transverse or sagittal planes.

Question 6: Which description is CORRECT?

The vertical lines emanating from the anterior portion of the bladder are called reverberation artifact.
Posterior acoustic enhancement will cause structures posterior to the bladder to be brighter in appearance.
Slice thickness artifact can confirm the presence of sediment.
Reverberation artifact is caused by two perpendicular reflectors.