Deck 26: The Neonatal Brain

Question 1

What is the echogenicity of the cerebral parenchyma?

A) Echogenic
B) Moderately echogenic
C) Low level echoes
D) Hypoechoic

Answer 1

C
The cerebral parenchyma demonstrates a low level echo pattern.

Question 2

What is the echogenicity of the fourth and third ventricles?

A) Moderately echogenic
B) Anechoic
C) Hypoechoic
D) Low level echoes

Answer 2

A
The normal lateral, third, and fourth ventricles appear anechoic on ultrasound.

Question 3

What is the echogenicity of the lateral ventricle?

A) Hypoechoic
B) Anechoic
C) Echogenic
D) Low level echoes

Answer 3

B
The normal lateral, third, and fourth ventricles appear anechoic on ultrasound.

Question 4

The central fissure separates the

A) temporal lobes from the parietal lobes.
B) temporal lobes from the frontal lobes.
C) parietal and frontal lobes.
D) cerebrum from the cerebellum.

Question 5

What is the echogenicity of the cavum septum pellucidum?

A) Moderately echogenic
B) Low level echoes
C) Anechoic
D) Echogenic

Question 6

What is the echogenicity of the choroid plexus?

A) Echogenic
B) Moderately echogenic
C) Low level echoes
D) Hypoechoic

Question 7

The diencephalon rests superior to the brain stem. It consists of

A) the thalamus, hypothalamus, and epithalamus.
B) the pons, midbrain, and medulla oblongata.
C) none of the above
D) all of the above

Question 8

What is the echogenicity of the sylvian fissure?

A) Echogenic
B) Moderately echogenic
C) Low level echoes
D) Hypoechoic

Question 9

What is the echogenicity of the bones of the cranial vault?

A) Echogenic
B) Moderately echogenic
C) Low level echoes
D) Hypoechoic

Question 10

The structures of the brain stem are

A) the thalamus, hypothalamus, and epithalamus.
B) the pons, midbrain, and medulla oblongata.
C) none of the above
D) all of the above

Question 11

The lateral ventricles communicate with the third ventricle through the

A) interventricular foramina of Monro.
B) aqueduct of Sylvius.
C) aperture of Magendie.
D) aperture of Luschka.

Question 12

What is the echogenicity of the quadrigeminal plate cistern?

A) Echogenic
B) Moderately echogenic
C) Low level echoes
D) Hypoechoic

Question 13

The lateral fissure, or sylvian fissure, separates the

A) temporal lobes from the parietal lobes.
B) temporal lobes from the frontal lobes.
C) parietal lobes from the occipital lobes.
D) cerebrum from the cerebellum.

Question 14

The fourth ventricle is connected to the third ventricle by the

A) interventricular foramina of Monro.
B) aqueduct of Sylvius.
C) aperture of Magendie.
D) aperture of Luschka.

Question 15

What is the echogenicity of the caudothalamic groove?

A) Echogenic
B) Moderately echogenic
C) Low level echoes
D) Hypoechoic

Question 16

What is the echogenicity of the corpus callosum?

A) Anechoic
B) Hypoechoic
C) Echogenic
D) Moderately echogenic

Question 17

What is the echogenicity of the caudate nucleus?

A) Echogenic
B) Moderately echogenic
C) Low level echoes
D) Hypoechoic

Question 18

What is the echogenicity of the sulci and fissures?

A) Echogenic
B) Moderately echogenic
C) Low level echoes
D) Hypoechoic

Question 19

The transverse fissure separates the

A) temporal lobes from the parietal lobes.
B) temporal lobes from the frontal lobes.
C) parietal lobes from the occipital lobes.
D) cerebrum from the cerebellum.

Question 20

What is the echogenicity of the posterior periventricular white matter?

A) Echogenic
B) Moderately echogenic
C) Low level echoes
D) Hypoechoic