Retake Flashcards
What is the angle for intramuscular injection?
90
What is the proximal part of the stomach?
fundus
What’s on the distal tibia?
medial malleolus
What’s on the distal fibula?
lateral malleolus
What’s on the proximal tibia?
medial and lateral epicondyles
What’s on the proximal fibula?
Head or apex
What is epinepherine given for?
Bronchodiaolater– treats extreme allergic reactions and asthma attacks
Why is anaphalactic shock common in x-ray?
use of contrast media
What is shown on an AP hip?
greater trochanter
What is not seen on the AP hip?
lesser trochanter
What is thermonic emission?
the burning off of electrons
What do rectifiers do?
convert AC-DC
What is the process of converting AC-DC called?
rectification
What fossa is in between the condyles of the femur?
intercondylar fossa
In a cross table lateral hip the femoral neck is how in relation to the IR?
parallel
Where’s the rectifier?
secondary circuit
Where’s the rheostat?
beginning of the filament circuit
If you are NOT wanting to show free air in the abdomen?
Supine Abdomen?
What are the distal carpal?
trapezium,trapezoid, hamate, capitate
What demonstrates the duodenal loop?
RAO
What’s the order of the developing process?
Developer, Fixer, Washer, Dryer
What does the photoelectric interactions interact with?
Inner shell
What interaction deals with photons of low energy?
Classical
What is another word for bleeding?
hemorrage
What is it called when fluid leaks out of a vessel after injection?
Extravastion
ON the SMV what is anterior to the petrous ridges?
Mandibular rami and teeth
What is the line perpendicular on Rhese
AML
What is the best view to demonstrate blow out fractures?
Waters
Whats the beaklike process?
Coracoid
What houses the EAM and IAM
petrous ridges
What best shows the TMJS according to ….?
Lateral open and closed
What is the body of the mandible shown on?
PA
How do you compensate for involuntary motion?
High ma, short exposure time
What is pixel size affected by?
DFOV and matrix
What do grids increase?
Contrast
What sinus is shown on an open mouth waters?
Sphenoid
What view are sphenoid sinuses best seen on?
Lateral?
What sinus does the SMV show best?
Sphenoid
Caldwell shows what sinus?
Frontal
What view shows the maxillary sinus the best?
Waters
Best way to clean the skin?
Inside to outside in a circular motion
What to do for surgical asepsis? >
?
When deflating a urinary catheter make sure to always?
deflate the balloon
What is the optical device used on minimally invasive surgery?
laproscope
What is a microorganism that can live on something and spread?
reservoir
What is the infectious committes primary goal?
prevent nosocomial infections
What states the laws, rules, blah, blah, that all RT must follow?
Code of Ethics
What articulates with the capitulum?
Radial head
What view shows the olecrannon process best?
lateral
What shows the coronoid process?
internal oblique
The greater multangular articulates with?
first metacarpal
What shows the humerus in true AP position
External rotation
When doing a lateral projection of the second digit what side touches the IR?
lateral
When doing a PA wrist what do you have them do with their fingers?
Flex them
What’s in the base layer of the film?
Polyester
What’s the ang;e between vertebral and axillary border of the scapula?
inferior angle
Where does the humerus articulate with the scapula at?
Proximal end, with the glenoid cavity
What type of tissue attenuates most?
Bone
What’s the hounsfield unit for water?
0
What’s the hounsfield unit for air?
-1000
Whats the hounsfield unit for bone?
1000
potential difference is measure in?
volts
What’s the fastest way to administer meds in a trauma situation?
intravenous
What’s the trauma series for all pts?
Lateral C Spine, Pelvis, Chest
Charged device to light is?
A charge coupled device
During CP you place your hands where?
1/2 above the xiphoid process
CPR order
CAB- circulatory airway breathing
Where does the NG tube go?
from nose to stomach
What is used to remove air and feed the pt?
nasogastric tube
What are the pts right?
refuse exam, ask for credientials, have their records be kept confidential
Where can you take the pulse at?
brachial, carotid, femoral
Smallest functioning unit of the kidney?
nephron
What best shows the spinous process of the C spine?
lateral
What do two laminas make?
spinous process
What is the muscles on both sides of the lumbar?
PSOAS
What projects laterally from the vertebral bodies?
transverse process
What has 100 solid state photo diodes?
detector array
What is a non-communicable disease?
Gastritis
Nitroglycern
Used to stop heart attacks; vasodialator
Epinephrine
Adrenalin; stimulant; used for allergic reactions
mAs is the controlling factor of?
density
If PT has a head injury what should you assume they also have?
C Spine injury
If a pt has a blue tint to them what should you assume?
Cyanosis
Cool clammy skin and a low rapid heart rate are signs of?
shock
What are the nasal cavities separated by?
Nasal septum
What prefix means below?
infra
What is included in the mediastinum?
GHETT Greater vessels, heart, esophagus, trachea, thymus gland
? What is the AEC between?
PT and IR
When using the AEC what must you remember?
align the anatomy correctly
? Where is the phototimer?
Behind or under the Bucky tray
Tube angle for an AP C-spine
15-20 cephalic
What joint allows your head to move?
C1-C2
What shows radial head, radial neck, and radial tuberosity?
external oblique
Ratio of grid lines by the space in between them?
Grid ratio
What does an osculating grid do?
blurs lead lines
You angle the tube how in relation to grid lines?
match them
Focal spot blur?
along cathode with crosshairs along anode
During the anode heel effect where is the cathode located
over the thickest part of the anatomy
Whats the positive end of the tube?
anode
Another name for an AP foot is?
dorsoplantar
What’s the tube angulation for coccyx?
10 caudal
How do most hospital injuries occur?
back injuries from improper body mechanics
Where is the center of gravity?
midpelvic area
What’s the body angle/rotation for SI joints?
25-30
??? A patient is getting an infusion and complains abou cold painful hands, what do you do?
stop the infusion and call physician or nurse
Angle for AP oblique C Spine projection?
15 cephalic
Angle for AP oblique position? (RAO/LAO)
15 caudal
What’s the CR for L5-S1?
5 caudal
What’s the material in the emulsion layer?
silver bromide
How do you decrease scatter on an image?
increase collimation
Lateral L spine shows what?
intervertebral foramina and intervertebral disc space
What sinus is located directly under the sella turcia?
sphenoid
What side is the cuboid on?
lateral
What does a large focal spot?
decreases recorded detail
When doing a transfer when should you help?
only when needed
What has haustra?
colon
What is located in the right upper quadrant?
gallbladder
?what do you do with a patient with a chest tube?
?All of the above?
Where’s the pharynx in relation to esophagus?
superior to esophagus and larynx
What’s the angle of the needle for intramuscular injections?
90
What’s the distal end of the esophagus?
cardiac antrum
What’s the nose of teh Scotty dog?
transverse process
What is seen on a good supine abdomen image?
size and shape of liver, PSOAS muscles, kidneys
What oblique results in the best sternum?
RAO
On Rhese method what is the angle of MSP?
53
What interaction involves low energy photons?
classical
Which interactions involve inner shell?
photoelectric
How does the diaphragm move during expiration?
up
What shows the coronoid process?
INTERNAL OBLIQUE
What is battery?
touching
What is the unit of power?
watts
Positively charged portion of the image intensifier that is responsible for drawing photoelectrons from the photocathode?
accelerating anode
What causes screen unsharpness?
fast screen speed and tilting pt or IR
To produce the best recorded detail you want?
Longest SID and lowest speed
What’s in the primary circuit?
- incoming power supply
- main power switch
- circuit breaker
- time circuit
- autotransformer
- primary side of stepup transformer
What’s in the secondary circuit?
- secondary side of step up transformer
- rectifiers
- return to autotransformer
What’s in the filament circuit?
- rheostat
- stepdown transformer
- x-ray tube
- rotor
When it comes to the x-ray tube… It’s located where? Filaments are where/
Tube-secondary
filaments-filament
What is rectification?
Process of AC-DC
Autotransformer is also known as?
kVp selector
What is Ohm’s law?
the potential difference across the total circuit of any circuit is equal to the current multiplied by resistance
What monitors mA in a circuit?
rheostat or milliamperage meter?
When you adjust mA you adjust what?
rheostat
What causes grid cutoff?
- focused upside down grid
- off center
- off focus
- off level
What do you give someone for dysrhythmia?
- Adenocard/adenosine
- Cordarone/Amiodarone
- Lanoxin/Digoxin
- Verapamil
Name an anticoagulant?
- Coumadin/Warfarin
- Heparin
- **Lovenox/Enoxaparin
What runs off mutual induction?
rotor
Transformers that operate under mutual induction
rotor and step up
Transformer that operates under self induction?
autotransformer
What are noncancerous tumors?
benign
What controls density?
DIRECT-mAs, time, screen speed, kV
INDIRECT- SID, collimation, grid ratio
What controls contrast
DIRECT-collimation, grid ratio, OID-air gap technique
INDIRECT- kv
what controls recoded detail?
DIRECT- SID, immobilization
INDIRECT-focal spot size, OID, screen speed, mAs, time
Controls size distortion?
SID and OID
Controls shape distortion?
misalignment of tube, part, IR, CR off center
Preferred esophagus and sternum rotation
RAO
Rapid heart beat is?
Tacycardia
Difficulty breathing is?
dyspnea
What is differntial absorption?
difference between absorbed photons and those that penetrate
Threatening to hurt a patient is considered?
assault
What’s an interaction with an inner electron?
Photoelectric
What is responsible for most scatter and occupational exposure?
compton
Best recorded detail
long SID, low screen speed
Position that demonstrates pyloric canal, duodenal lopp and bulb?
RAO
What does the fixer do?
Removes unexposed silver halide from film
What projects posterior and lateral from vertebral body?
pedicle
Most superior sinus?
frontal
What vertebra is named the vertebra prominens?
C7
What vertebra is named the atlas?
C1
What is the anterior projection of the clavicle?
acromion
Factors that effect spatial resolution?
direct- matrix
indirect- pixel size, focal spot size, pitch, motion, thickness
Factors that effect contrast resolution
direct- mas/dose, pixel size Indirect- pt size
Poor film screen contact causes?
decreased recorded detail
Grid ratio?
height/distance
What do you have the patient sit up and turn head when vomiting for?
prevent aspiration
How to determine a true lateral femur?
condyles are superimposed
Respiration for a lateral T spine?
breathing technique/expiration
To demonstrate sinuses the patient has to be?
upright
How to view the orbit if the patient cannot be prone?
AP waters
What’s the medial forearm bone?
ulna
View that shows lateral malleoulus and distal tib fib joint?
medial oblique ankle
MSP angle for Rhese?
53
Perpendicular line for Rhese
AML
Position with parallel IOML and perpendicualr interpupilary line
lateral
In digital imaging what washes the plate?
bright light
Remember what to do first when removing an enema
deflate the balloon
Where do you place the urinary catheter bag
below catheter level
Film screen has superior what?
contrast resolution
Roll disabled patient???
towards you
AEC is for?
Exposure timer for lower exposure
Humeral head articulates with scapula at?
glenoid cavity
angle between ventral and axillary border of scapula?
inferior angle
Coyle method for corocoid
45 degrees away from shoulder, 80 degree flexion
Coyle method for radial head
45 degrees toward shoulder, 90 degree flexion
Radial head is located
proximally
Apex of fibula is located
proximally
CR enters top of foot
dorsoplantar
To demonstrate LT sc joints?
turn head towards affected side
Flexion for camp coventry should be at least?
40 degrees
C Spine position that shows inferior and superior articulations
lateral
C Spine that shows right intervertebral foramina?
LPO RAO
T spine position that shows intervertebral space
lateral
Rib position that shows right axillary ribs
RPO LAO
Passage way for food and respiration
pharynx
Bronchiole enter the lungs at the?
hilum
NG tube extends from
nose to stomach
NG tube function
removes stomach fluid and is used as a feeding tube
The trachea lies anterior to the
esophagus
Anatomy not in the mediastinum?
epiglottis
Swimmers position demonstrates the?
cerviothoracic region
For the odontoid align the tips of the incisors with?
mastoid types
Suture located between occipital and parietal bones?
lambodial suture
Measure of electric potential
volt
Unit of power
watt
Classical interactions become what after changing direction?
scatter
Rounded projection located on proximal/lateral femur?
greater trochanter
Average body temp
98.6
Tissues that attenuate the most:
Barium, bone, muscle, fat, air
Scatter is increased by
increased thickness and density
Scatter is decreased by
increasing collimation and contrast
Purpose of moving table grid
blur lead lines
What surrounds every electrical current?
magnetic field
One half of AC cycle flows and other half is suppressed?
half wave reduction
Series of metal oxide semiconductor capacitors
CCD
EAM and IAM are located in what bone
petrous portion of the temporal bone
Absence of breathing
apnea
ORDER OF CPR:
CAB-compression, airway, breathing
PT with infiltration
stop and contact physician
What is true when doing intercondylar fossa?
Perpendicular to the long axis of lower leg (tibia)
What view of the shoulder is the greater tubercle seen best?
External, will be on lateral side
In what view of the shoulder will the greater tubercle partially SI humeral head?
Neutral
What view of the shoulder shows the lesser tubercle?
Internal
Where is the phototimer located?
Behind the IR
The shortest exposure time that a radiographic tube with AEC can have is the
Minimum response time
A properly exposed abdominal image will exhibit?
Psoas
Lower border of liver
Transverse process of liver
Where is the phototimer located
Between Bucky and ir
