In medicine, ultrasound is used to detect changes in appearance, size or contour of organs, tissues, and vessels or detect abnormal masses, such as tumors. In an ultrasound examination, a transducer both sends the sound waves and receives the echoing waves.
Ancylomenes venustus , also known as the graceful anemone shrimp , is a species of shrimp which belongs to the family of the Palaemonidae . This species is found in the tropical waters from the centre of the Indo-Pacific biogeographical area.
The genus Anemone belongs to the crowfoot family, Ranunculaceae, in the order Ranunculales, class Magnoliopsida. There are between 85 and 100 species. Common among the anemones is the poppy anemone (A. coronaria). Native to the Mediterranean region, it has red, blue, or white flowers and is the species usually sold by florists. The snowdrop anemone (A. sylvestris) has white flowers and is native to Europe.