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XRAY CHEST Flashcards

1
Q

The membrane lying adjacent to the rib cage is known as ?

A

Parietal pleura

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2
Q

On a PA chest when the lungs appear dark and the heart appears white with no lung tissue visualized through the heart shadow the operator has selected ?

A

Too Little KVP

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3
Q

Which of the following is required to demonstrate air in the pleural space on the left side ?

A

Right Lateral Decubitus
(Since air seeks the highest point placing the affected side up)

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4
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Which one of the follow are characteristics of the hypersthenic body type ?

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Short and Wide

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5
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What is the primary disadvantage of performing an AP projection of the chest rather than PA ?

A

Increase magnification of the heat

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6
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Which one of the lungs has 3 lobes and 2 lobes ?

A

The Right lungs contains 3 lobes and the left contains to lobes

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7
Q

Is the Thyroid located in the mediastinum ?

A

False

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8
Q

Involuntary motion can be cause by heart muscle contraction ?

A

True

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9
Q

TRUE OR FALSE
Air can/cannot be contained with the pleural cavity for a Pneumothorax ?

A

True

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10
Q

What is a heart attack called?

A

Myocardial Infarction

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11
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What color is the light that erase the PSP images after being processed ?

A

White laser light

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12
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What is required to demonstrate small amount of fluid in the pleural cavity on the right side ?

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13
Q

Gaseous exchange take places in the alveoli true or flase

A

True

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14
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What is the Pharynx

A

A passage for food and fluids as well as air making it common to digestive

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15
Q

The Four General Division of the respiratory

A

Is Pharynx, Trachea, Bronchi, and Lungs

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16
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What is the Larynx ?

A

The Voice box

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17
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What is the carina

A

It is the prominence or ridge of the lowest tracheal cartilage

18
Q

What is the pneumothorax?

A

It is air or gas pressure of blood in the pleural cavity

19
Q

The Mediastinum contains ?

A

The thymus gland, heart & and great vessels, the trachea, esophagus.

20
Q

What is so unique about the Aorta

A

It is the largest artey in the body.

21
Q

What is the sac that surrounds the heart ?

A

Pericardium

22
Q

If a patient is unable to assume a lordotic position what other way could the pulmonary apices be demonstrated ?

A

Patient supine, CR directed 15-20 degree cephalic

23
Q

What are the first branches of the aorta that supply blood to the heart ?

A

Coronary Arteries

24
Q

What is the medical term for an inflammation of the gallbladder ?

A

Cholecystitis

25
Q

Which two projection/position would best demonstrate a right anterior rib injury ?

A

PA & LAO

26
Q

Which bone would be radiographed to demonstrate the manubrium ?

A

Sternum

27
Q

What are the breathing instruction for a patient having a chest radiograph

A

Deep Inspiration

28
Q

What is Dysphagia ?

A

Difficult swallowing

29
Q

what is the vessel that transport blood form the abdomen back to the heart ?

A

Inferior vena cava

30
Q

In Which direction does the diaphragm move in inspiration ?

A

Inferiorly pulling air into the lungs

31
Q

“Heart attack” is a descriptive term of ?

A

Occluded coronary artery

32
Q

Which position of the chest would be best demonstrated a pleural effusion around the left lungs ?

A

Left lateral Decubitus (To demonstrate fluid on one side of the chest)

33
Q

What breathing instruction should be given to a patient for a below the diaphragm ?

A

Expiration

34
Q

How man chamber are the heart ?

A

4

35
Q

What is called where the brooch enter the lungs ?

A

The Hilum is the central part of the chest and enter the brooch and the pulmonary vessels

36
Q

A patient who lacking the substances in blood for clotting is suffering from what condition ?

A

Hemophilia

37
Q

The formation of pushes or sacs in the colon is called what ?

A

Diverticulosis

38
Q

What do you call the sac that enclosed the lungs

A

Pleura

39
Q

What would the position be referred to if the patient was lying down and the x ray tube was directed horizontally ?

A

Decubitus

40
Q

What is the superior vena cava

A

Is the larger vein that returns the blood to the heart from the head, neck, chest and upper extremities.

41
Q

What does not pass through the diaphragm

A

Trachea

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