FREE RADIOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

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FREE RADIOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

PROJECTIONS/POSITION EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -26 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: This term describes the specific radiographic projection that the individual developed.

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Method

Question 2: Supine position with the head higher thant the feet.

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Fowler's position Question 3: If the central ray enters the anterior surface and exits the opposite posterior surface, it is known as what projection?

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AP oblique projection Question 4: This position is achieved when the entire body or body part is rotated so that the coronal plane is not parallel with the radiographic table or IR.

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Oblique position

Question 5: If it enters the posterior surface and exits anteriorly, it is known as what projection?

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PA oblique projection

Question 6: Lying face down

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Prone Question 7: A recumbent position with the patient lying on the left anterior side (semiprone) with the left leg extended and the right knee and thigh partially flexed.

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Sim's position Question 8: During this projection, there is longitudinal angulation of the central ray with the long axis of the body or a specific body part.

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Axial projection Question 9: During this projection a perpendicular central ray enters the posterior body and exiting the anterior body surface.

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Posteroanterior-PA

Question 10: Lying on the back

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Supine Question 11: The term defined as the path of central ray as it exits the x-ray tube and goes through the patient to the IR is called a what?

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Projection

Question 12: Supine position with the head tilted downward

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Tredelenburg's position

Question 13: A supine position with the knees and hip flexed and thighs abducted and rotated externally, supported by ankle supports.

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Lithotomy position Question 14: This position is achieved by having the patient lean backward while in the upright body position so that the shoulders are in contact with the IR.

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Lordotic position Question 15: This position refers to the side of the patient that is placed closest to the IR.

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Lateral position Question 16: During this projection, a perpendicular central ray enters one side of the body or body part, passes transversely along the coronal plane and exits on the opposite side.

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Lateral projection Question 17: The overall posture of the patient or the general body position is termed as what?

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Position Question 18: During this projection, the central ray enters the body or body part from a side angle following an oblique plane.

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Oblique projection Question 19: Occasionally the central ray is directed toward the outer margin of a curved body surface to profile a body part just under the surface and project it free of superimposition during this projection.

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Tangential

Question 20: Erect or marked by a vertical position.

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Upright

Question 21: This term is used to describe the body part as seen by the IR.

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View

Question 22: Upright position in which the patient is sitting or stool.

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Seated Question 23: During this projection a perpendicular central ray enters the anterior body surface and exits the posterior body surface is known as what projection?

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Anteroposterior-AP

Question 24: General term referring to lying down in any position.

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Recumbent Question 25: Term used to indicate that the patient is lying down and that the central ray is horizontal and parallel with the floor

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Decubitus position Question 26: This term refers to all projections in which the longitudinal angulation between the central ray and the long axis of the body part is 10 degrees or more.

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Axial