Chapter 15 Flashcards
What are the 3 pairs of salivary glands?
Parotid
Sublingual
Submandibular
What salivary glad is the largest?
Parotid
What is mastication?
Chewing
How many ducts can you image at once ?
1
What contrast do we use for Sialography?
Iodinated contrast
Imaging of salivary glands and ducts is know as
Sialography
Who is the Team for a modified barium swallow?
Rt
Radiologist
Speech pathologist
What does the ARRT call a modified barium swallow?
Swallowing dysfunction test
What are you looking at in an upper GI?
Stomach and Duodenum
What is used during and upper GI?
Barium and gas crystals
Gas crystals put ____ into the stomach
Air
A _____ contrast BE only uses contrast.
Single
A ________ contrast BE is air and barium.
Double
What position is done for a double contrast BE only?
Decubitus
For a BE, the patient is in a ______ position.
Sims
The barium is injected through a tube and positioned in the duodenum for the
Entercolysis
What position empties the stomach best?
Laying on the right side
The rectum is ______ to the sacrum.
Anterior
The muscle controlling the opening between stomach and duodenum is the
Pyloric sphincter
The small intestine is divided into _____ portions which are
3
Duodenum
jejunum
Ilium
What are the 3 parts of the large intestine?
Ascending
Transverse
Descending
Where do you center for the rectum?
ASIS
If your patient is large and the colon won’t fit on the lengthwise IR, you should
Take 2 images crosswise
The right colic flexure is
Hepatic/ next to the liver
The ______ is for chemical and mechanical breakdown of food.
Stomach
The _______ is for reabsorption of food
Large intestine
The ________ is for digestion
Small intestine
What are Rugae of the stomach?
Longitudinal folds of the mucosal
What causes perforation?
Ulcers
Trauma
Disease
What is the outermost layer of the intestinal wall?
Fibrous
What are the 4 layers of the intestinal wall?
Fibrous
Muscular
Submucosa
Mucosal
What is the average length of the small intestine?
22 feet
What is the average length of the large intestine?
5 feet
What are the hausta of the large intestine?
Pouches in the large intestine
What is the proper centering for the AP or PA of the colon during a BE?
MSP
Iliac crest
Where do you center for the obliques of the colon during a BE, and how much do you rotate the patient?
Center at iliac crest
35-45 degrees
For an AP double contrast GI, air is in the
Body and pyloric
Why is the patient placed in the Trendelenburg during an upper GI?
To demonstrate hiatel hernias and reflux
What is the tube angle for an AP axial during a BE ?
30-40 degrees cephalic
The ______ colic flexure is usually higher and closer to the _______
Left
Diaphragm
