Acoustic (sound) Impedance Za of a substance is equal to the product of:
Density p and atomic number Z of the element - pZ;
Density p and velocity of sound v in substance - pv
Temperature T and velocity of sound v in the substance - Tv
The frequency of the sound is;
Physical (objective) characteristic of the sound;
Psycho-physical (subjective) characteristic of the sound;
Common term for objective and subjective characteristic of the sound.
The velocity of the sound is:
Physical (objective) characteristic of the sound
Psycho-physical (subjective) characteristic of the sound
Common term for objective and subjective characteristic of the sound
Main characteristic of the noise is:
Minimum amplitude and frequency which do not alter with the time;
Minimum frequency and amplitude which do not alter with the time;
Frequency and amplitude which continuously alter with the time.
In which frequency range the human ear has maximum sensitivity:
From 1000 to 3000 кНz;
From 1000 to 3000 МНz;
From 1000 to 3000 Нz.
The pitch of the sound is determined mainly by:
Intensity of the sound;
Sound pressure;
Sound frequency.
The fundamental tone f0 in a complex sound has:
Minimum amplitude and maximum frequency;
Minimum frequency and maximum amplitude;
Medium frequency and amplitude.
Sound can propagate in;
Vacuum;
Any substance;
Any medium through which the electromagnetic waves also propagate.
Sound wavelength in the hearing band is longer than that of:
Pulse Wave
Infrasound
Ultrasound
Reflection coefficient a2 (Alpha) of sound at the boundary between two media with sound impedance Z1 and Z2 is determined by the expression:
Which condition is least significant for sound reflection:
Transverse size of the boundary surface to be longer than or equal to sound wavelength
Boundary between two media with different acoustic impedance's
Boundary between two media with different densities
When our heads are submerged in water we cannot hear people because;
Sound is reflected almost completely at the water surface
Sound does not propagate through water
Our ear canals are filled with water
Sound wave travels across two materials with similar acoustic impedance. At the boundary surface, we expect:
Similar amounts of transmission and reflection;
More transmission and less reflection;
less transmission and more reflection;
Sound timbre is;
A physical (objective) feature of sound
Psycho-physical (subjective) feature of the sound
A common term objective and subjective characteristic of the sound
The psycho-physical law of Weber–Fehner on the sound perception is used to define the quantity:
Sound (acoustic) pressure(p);
Sound pitch;
Intensity level(Е).
Human hearing has a maximum sensitivity at frequencies:
from 1000 to 3000 kHz
from 1000 to 3000 MHz
from 1000 to 3000 Hz
The pitch of sound is determined mainly by:
Sound Intensity
Sound Pressure
Sound Frequency
The operating frequency hearing range is:
10 MHz - 100 MHz
10 kHz - 10 MHz
10 Hz - 10,000 Hz
Human Frequency hearing range is:
Below 20 Hz
From 20 to 20,000 MHz
Over 20,000 Hz
The subjective quantity "Intensity Level E" is defined at sound frequency:
16 Hz
20 kHz
1 kHz
At what frequency is "Loudness L" approximately the same as "Sound Intensity Level"?
1000 Hz
from 16 to 20,000 Hz
1 MHz
Sound Intensity Level E is measured in units of:
Watt, W
Decibel, dB
Hertz, Hz
Sound Intensity Level "E" is equal to zero if:
I = Io
I > Io
I < Io
SIL is never 0
Sound Intensity Level (SIL) is proportional to the logarithm of the ratio of incoming to threshold intensity - 10*log(I/Io). During a test, incoming intensity is increased by a factor of 100. What will be the change in SIL?:
Will increase by a factor of 10 (times 10)
Will double (times 2)
Will increase with 20 dB (plus 20dB)
The timbre (quality) of a tone:
Decreases with loudness
Is proportional to the frequency
Is inversely proportional to the frequency
depends upon the overtones that are present
Is it possible for Humans to detect ultrasound?:
Not possible
Yes, the blue shift is visible
Yes, some frequencies cause a heating sensation.
Is it possible for humans to detect Infrasound:
Yes, the red shift is visible
The body can sense certain vibrations
Timbre is related to:
Harmonic Overtones
Sound from a tuning fork
Noise from a medical apparatus
The Equal-loudness contour, introduced by Fletcher-Munson in 1933, was designed to correlate sound intensity to the subjective perception of loudness. Use the graph to estimate perceived loudness (In Phons!) at frequency 100hz and sound intensity level of 50 dB
60 dB
40 dB
40 phons
50 phons
During a standard audiogram procedure you hear sounds at intensity level of 0 dB. This is possible because:
Intensity of 10(-12) W/m2 is audible
Malfunction of the knob
Tympanic membrane can generate own sounds.
Your colleagues are too loud.
Percussion is a method for:
Ultrasound Diagnostic
Ultrasound therapy
Diagnostic with sound, produced by the Doctor.
Ultrasound diagnostic, based on reflections from organs.
W?hat diagnostic method is described in the following text? : "There are four types of sounds; Resonant, Hyper-Resonant, Stony Dull or Dull. A Dull sound indicates the presence of a solid mass under the surface. A more resonant sound indicates hollow, air-containing structures".
Auscultation
Percussion
Audiometry
Phonocardiography.
Simple (pure) tones with frequencies 0.125, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 4 and 8 kHz, are used in:
Phonocardiography
Sphygmomanometer is used for:
Atmospheric pressure in the hospital
Arterial blood pressure
Lungs Air Pressure
Auscultation is:
Ultrasound Diagnostic;
Sound based Therapy
Sound based diagnostic
Infrasound Diagnostic
What diagnostic method use sub-audible sounds and murmurs (infrared range) produced from the heart?
Hearing loss diagnostic based on variation of sound frequency:
Mechanical waves used for breaking renal calculi (extra-corporeal lithotripsy) does not injure surrounding tissue because:
Mechanical waves do not pass through the tissues
Acoustic pressure in tissues is several times lower than pressure in the calculi
Mechanical waves do not affect tissues
The main characteristic of noise is:
Minimum amplitude and frequency which do not alter with time
minimum frequency and amplitude which do not alter with time
frequency and amplitude which continuously altar with time
Consider the law of noise attenuation (figure). Which symbol refers to the type of material, noise-protection screens are made of?
k
d
e
How does intensity of noise vary with the distance from the source?
proportional to the distance r
proportional to the square distance r(2)
inversely proportional to the distance r
inversely proportional to the square of the distance r(2)
The frequency of echograph, marked on the ultrasound probe, relates mostly to:
Spatial resolution
Depth of penetration
Velocity of US propagation
Velocity of US in biological tissues depend on:
Frequency, marked on echograph's transducer
US Wavelength
Type of Examined tissues
Ultrasound can propagate in:
Vacuum
Material Substance
Any media through which electromagnetic waves (light) can propagate
Reflection coefficient a(2) of US at the boundary between two media with impedance Z1 and Z2 is determined by the expression:
The phenomenon, direct piezoelectric effect finds application in:
Generators of US
Detectors of US
Parametric transducers
The phenomenon reverse piezoelectric effect finds application in:
Thermometers
The phenomena direct and reverse piezoelectric effect find application in:
Contact gel, used in US imaging
Transducers of echo-graphs
Generators of alternating electric current
Ultrasound propagates through body fluids as
Longitudinal Waves
Transverse Waves
Both Longitudinal and Transverse Waves
US propagates in the bones as
Longitudinal and Transverse waves
What frequency ultrasound is appropriate for deep tissue scanning?
8 MHz
3 kHz
3 MHz
20 MHz
Ultrasound propagates to a lesser depth in tissues compared to IS because:
Speed of propagation of US in tissues is slower
US is reflected off tissue structures with smaller cross-sectional dimensions
Acoustic impedance Za of tissues is lower for US
Diagnostic imaging method that uses the phenomenon of reflection:
Positron-emission tomography (PET)
Echography
Roentgen Diagnostics
What is the purpose of the contact gel used in echography:
To reflect US at the boundary of air and skin
To create an acoustically continuous medium for US propagation
To decrease harmful effects of US on the skin
In echography, tissues are examined with:
Permanent magnetic field
Electric field
The contact gel must have:
Density p equal to the mean density of soft tissues
Chemical composition similar to that of soft tissues
Acoustic impedance Za equal to the average acoustic impedance of soft tissues
In A-mode ultrasound, the difference in acoustic impedance of tissues is depicted on the monitor as:
Spikes with different amplitudes
Dots with different brightness
Regions in different colours (the arteries in red; the veins in blue)
In B-mode ultrasound, the difference in acoustic impedance of tissue is depicted on the monitor as:
During echography, the contact gel is used for:
Near 100% reflection of ultrasound at the air-skin boundary
Near 100% absorption of ultrasound in patient's skin
Near 100% transmission of ultrasound through the skin
M-mode ultrasound is used for:
Immovable body structures
Movable body structures
Regions of the lung with pneumothorax.
The ultrasound technique called Colour Doppler is used to obtain information about:
Macro-circulation of blood:
Bone metastases
Glucose metabolism
Diagnostic imaging method based on Reflection:
Colour Doppler
Computed-tomography (CT)
Roentgenography
In a Doppler experiment, a probe frequency of 4 MHz corresponds to a frequency shift of 125 Hz. If probe frequency is now doubled to 8 MHz, what would be the expected frequency shift:
440 Hz
250 Hz
62.5 Hz
A diagnostic US imaging instrument uses a frequency of 6 MHz. What is the corresponding wavelength in soft tissues in the body:
200 micrometre's
20 micrometre's
2 micrometre's
0.2 micrometre's
Speed of blood flow could be as fast as v=75 cm/s, what is the ratio (in %) of speed of blood to the speed of ultrasound in soft tissue:
5%
0.5%
0.05%
Sonophoresis is:
A drug sterilization method using ultrasound;
A therapeutic method using ultrasound
An ultrasound diagnostic
Pharmaceuticals applied with sonophoresis are:
Water-soluble only
Fat-soluble only
Either of them
Sonophoresis can transport
Ions only
Molecules
Either
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) procedure is:
Ultrasound surgery
Ultrasound diagnostic
Physical therapy with ultrasound
Ultrasound Diathermy is procedure for:
Ultrasound Surgery
Therapy with Ultrasound
Ultrasound diathermy causes tissue:
Deep Heating
Coagulation
Necrosis
Sonophoresis and Ionophoresis are both methods for:
Electrostimulation
Surgical Procedures
Transcutaneous drug delivery
Infrasound (IR) of certain frequencies can cause:
Resonant vibration, and damage to internal organs
Deep penetration into tissues
Change in Propagation Velocity
Energy Deposition in Tissues
The speed of IS propagation, in certain medium, depends on:
The Frequency of IS
The Wavelength of IS
The Properties of the Medium
IS does not propagate in:
Soft Biological Tissues
Bones
Wavelengths of infrasound are shorter than:
Audible sound
Sound with frequency of 3 kHz
None of the above
The resonant frequency of cardiac activity is in the:
Ultrasound Range
Infrasound Range
Frequency of about 10 MHz
The resonant frequency of vestibular apparatus is within:
Sound frequency of about 10 MHz
The Infrasound
The Ultrasound
The resonant frequency of Internal Organs is within:
The phenomenon of diffraction is more common for:
Audible Sound
Which Science is related to IS:
Pediatrics
Seismology
Dentistry
Archeology
Which of the following is not true for earthquakes?
They are Longitudinal sound waves
They are transverse sound waves
Frequency is in the ultrasound range
What is the quantity transferred during diffusion:
Mass
Energy
Electric Charge
The quantity transferred during heat conduction is:
Impulse
Energy (Quantity of Heat)
Quantity transferred by internal friction:
A necessary condition for the process of diffusion is the availability of:
Semi-permeable membrane
Temperature Gradient
Concentration Gradient
A necessary condition for the process of internal friction is:
Velocity gradient, in a direction perpendicular to the direction of fluid motion
Difference in the concentration of free electrons
A necessary condition for heat conduction is:
Temperature higher than the absolute zero
Difference in concentration (concentration gradient)
Temperature gradient
High heat conductivity of metals is explained by:
Higher Density
Free electrons in their crystals
Their smooth surface
Wet clothes make you feel cold because:
Thermal conductivity of water is higher than that of air:
It is only a subjective sensation
Wet clothes increase the total mass
Which organs and tissues of the human body have the least heat conductivity:
Muscles
The Brain
Skin and Fat Tissue
Which organs and tissues have the greatest heat conductivity
The Blood
What is the physical meaning of cell membrane permeability, measured in m/s:
The cross section of ion-channels (ionic channels), in the cell membrane
The speed of ions passing across the cell membrane
The density of cell membrane
What is the different between osmosis and diffusion:
In osmosis, the solvent moves in order to equalize concentrations; in diffusion - the solute moves
Osmosis is a special case of diffusion
There is no difference
Which fluid phenomenon is used in hemodialysis:
Internal Friction
Diffusion
Osmosis
Consider Fick's Law (Figure) of diffusion, If contact surface is doubled and concentration gradient is reduced by a third, how can we adjust exposure time, to ensure the same total mass transfer:
2/3 t
4/3 t
3/2 t
1/2 t
The two properties of ideal fluids (liquid) are:
Incompressibility and absence of internal friction
Fluidity and low density
Molecular pressure and surface tension
Ideal Fluids are defined as:
p = const, n = const
p = const, n = 0
p = 0, n = const
p = 0, n = 0
Newtonian fluids (blood in large vessels) have density p and dynamic viscosity n as:
p = not const, n = not const
Non-newtonian fluids (blood in small vessels) are characterized by density - p, dynamic viscosity n; as follows
The role of surfactant in the alveoli of lungs is to reduce:
The surface tension coefficient
The molecular pressure
The dimensions of the alveoli
The additional (Laplace) pressure Change-P does not depend on:
The cross-sectional area - S, of blood vessel
The atmospheric pressure - b
The flow-ability (fluidity) of blood is determined by the value of:
Surface Tension Coefficient
Density - p
Dynamic Viscosity - n
Fluidity of which body liquid is much lower than the rest:
Blood
Synovial fluid
Urine
Let n be the dynamic viscosity of a liquid, and n-water = dynamic viscosity of water. The relative viscosity is given by:
The difference (n - nwater)
The sum (n + nwater)
The ratio (n/nwater)
The ration nwater/n
Relative viscosity is a dimensionless quantity, because it is:
Empirically determined
A ratio of two quantities
Equal to the dynamic viscosity which is a dimensionless quantity
Obstruction of blood vessels by gas bubbles (embolism) can be contributed to:
Reynolds number (Re)
Dynamic viscosity n of the blood
Additional (Laplace) pressure Change-p
Pulse wave velocity depends primarily on:
The Hematocrit (relative volume of erythrocytes in blood)
The elasticity of blood vessels
The cross section of blood vessels
Gas embolism is explained best with:
Sound impedance at the boundary of air and blood
The half-life of a radionuclide introduced in the blood
Change in additional (Laplace) pressure "change-p" of blood
What is a pulse wave?
Propagation of elastic deformation along the walls of arterial vessels
Periodic contractions of the cardiac muscle (myocard)
The cause for gas or fat embolism
Pulse wave velocity in people with atherosclerosis
Matches the speed of blood
Increases
Decreases
The most informative quantity about Vascularity of organ is:
Speed of the blood
Volume flow rate
Reynolds number Re for blood fluid describes:
Contractibility
Type of motion - Laminar or turbulent
Flowability (fluidity)
In a microgravity environment, such as the International Space Station, blood flow is not subjected to gravitational forces. This leads to reduction of the heart rate and the cardiac output. Upon return to earth cosmonauts often faint. This is due to:
Hypertension
Hypotension
Hypoxia
In the cardiovascular system, what physical quantity is preserved to assure a proper function:
Total pressure
Blood velocity
Volume Flow Rate
In auscultation blood pressure measurement, systolic pressure is indicated by:
The maximum loudness of sounds
The first detection of sounds
The disappearance of sounds
In auscultation blood pressure measurement, Diastolic pressure is indicated by:
What causes the so called Korotkoff sounds
Laminar blood flow
Turbulent blood flow
Maximal blood flow
I would expect that, together with a sphygmomanometer, the finger pulse detector:
Could not be used to determine diastolic pressure
Could be used to determine diastolic pressure
Could not be used to determine systolic pressure
I would expect that the systolic blood pressure measured with the arm raised above the dead would be:
No different from that measured with the arm in its normal position.
Higher than that measured with the arm in its normal position.
Lower than that measured with the arm in its normal position.
The terms systole and diastole usaully refer to the ........... and ............. , respectively, of the ............. .
Relaxation, contraction, ventricles
Contraction, relaxation, ventricles
Relaxation, contraction, atria
Contraction, relaxation, aria
The lower bound of blood pressure in "Arteria Brachialis", is determined (stethoscope) from what type of sounds:
Infrasounds
Ultrasounds
Noises caused by a turbulent motion
Disappearance of noises, after return to a laminar motion.
The optimal blood pressure is considered to be:
120/80 mm Hg
130/85 mm Hg
140/90 mm Hg
Normal blood pressure is considered to be:
Choose the correct match: Upper bound arterial blood pressure depends on the condition of ............. ; Lower bound of arterial blood pressure depends on the condition of ........... .
Blood Vessels, The Heart
The Heart, Blood Vessels
Pulse Wave, The Heart
None of the above.
Define the sub-pressure in the intrapleural space:
Pressure lower than the atmospheric pressure
Negative pressure, i.e pressure with negative sign
Pressure lower than the blood pressure.
Surfactant facilitates breathing through
Reduction of intrapressure
Increase of frequency of breathing
Reduction of Alveoli surface tension
The role of the surfactant in the lungs is to make changes in:
Alveolar Radius
Alveolar surface tension coefficient
molecular pressure p-coh
Inspiration is:
An active process with the participation of surfactant
A passive process
None of the Above
What is the approximate volume of air in one inspiration:
0.5 L
1.0 L
200 ml
The expiration is:
An active process with participation of a surfactant
A Passive process
An active process without participation of a surfactant
Difficult breathing in long-term smokers is due to:
Reduced secretion of surfactant in the alveoli
Weakening of breathing muscles
Pathological changes in the upper respiratory tracts
What physical phenomenon is associated with a physiological process involving a surfactant:
Internal friction and breathing
Surface tension and breathing
Harmonious vibration of the breathing and circulation of blood
During inhalation (breathing in) air moves into the lungs due to:
The force of gravity
Pressure difference.
During respiration Oxygen and CO2 are exchanges in the alveoli due to:
Pressure difference
Osmotic pressure
At higher elevations breathing frequency is increased to compensate for:
Lower Gravity
Higher Blood Pressure
Lower Atmospheric Pressure