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RADT 465 Procedures
ARRT registry review covering imaging procedures
Question | Answer |
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The coronoid process will be in profile in which position? | Medial oblique elbow (Frank, Long, and Smith, 11th ed., vol.1, 146) |
Pacemaker electrodes can be introduced through a vein in the chest or upper extremity, from where they are advanced to which heart chamber? | Right Ventricle (Bontrager and Lampignano, 6th ed., p. 647) |
Widening of the intercostal spaces is characteristics of what condition? | Emphysema (Bontrager and Lampignano, 6th ed., p. 112) |
During an upper GI exam, a stomach of an average shape demonstrates a barium-filled funds and double contrast of the pylorus and duodenal bulb. The patient is most likely in what position? | LPO (Frank, Long, and Smith, 11th ed., vol. 1, 142) |
Graves disease is associated with what gland with over or underactivity? | Thyroid overactivity/ hyperthyrolidism (Tortora and Derrickson, 11th ed., p. 659) |
The articular facets of L5-S1 are best demonstrated in what position? | 30 degree oblique pg52 |
Why should the patient's chin should be elevated during chest radiography? | to avoid superimposition of the apices pg52 |
The secondary center for ossification in long bones is where? | epiphysis pg52 |
Medical displacement of a tibial fracture would be best demonstrated in what view? | AP projection pg52 |
The lumbar lamina is represented by what part of the Scotty dog seen in a correctly positioned oblique lumbar spine view? | body pg53 |
At what level do the carotid arteries bifurcate? | C4 pg53 |
All elbow fat pads are best demonstrated in what position? | Lateral pg54 |
In which position of the shoulder is the greater tubercle seen superimposed on the humeral head? | internal rotation pg55 |
In which type of fracture are the splintered ends of the bone forced through the skin? | compound pg56 |
The thoracic apophyseal joints are demonstrated how? | when the midsagittal plane 20 degrees to the IR pg56 |
The type of ileus characterized by cessation peristalsis is termed what? | paralytic pg56 |
What body habitus is characterized by a long and narrow thoracic cavity and low midline stomach and gallbladder? | asthenic pg57 |
Glossitis refers to inflammation of what? | the tongue pg58 |
With the patient's head in a PA position and the CR directed 20 degrees cephalic, what part of the mandible is best demonstrated? | rami pg58 |
What is plane that passes vertically through the body, dividing it into anterior and posterior halves? | midcoronal plane pg58 |
To demonstrate a profile view of the glenoid fossa, the patient is AP recumbent and oblique 45 degrees in which direction? | toward the affected side pg58 |
During an air-contrast BE, in what part of the colon is air most likely to be visualized iwht the body in the AP recumbent position? | transverse colon pg 59 |
A kyphotic curve is formed by what vertebrae? | sacral and thoracic pg 60 |
That ossified portion of a long bone when cartilage has been replaced by bone is know as what? | metaphysis pg 60 |
THe ileocecal valve normally located in what body region? | right iliac pg60 |
A type of cancerous bone tumor occurring in children and young adults and arising form the bone marrow is what? | ewing sarcoma pg61 |
Arteries and veins enter and exit the medial aspect of each lung at where? | the hilus pg61 |
With the patient in the PA position and the OML and CR perpendicular to the IR, the resulting radiograph will demonstrate the petrous pyramids where? | completely filling the orbits pg64 |
The uppermost portion of the iliac crest is at the same level as what? | fourth lumbar vertebra pg64 |
What is the position of the stomach in a hypersthenic patient? | high and horizontal pg64 |
Tracheotomy is an effective technique used to restore breathing what is present? | a respiratory pathway obstruction above the larynx pg66 |
To demonstrate the first two cervical vertebrae in the AP projection, the patient is positioned how? | so there is a line between the maxillary occlusal plane and the mastoid tip is vertical? pg 66 |
For the average patient, the CR for a lateral projection of a barium-filled stomach should enter where? | midway between the midcoronal line and the anterior abdominal surface pg 67 |
Which exam is used to demonstrate vesicoureteral reflux? | voiding cystourethrogram pg68 |
The term that refers to parts away from the source is what? | distal pg 68 |
The inhalation of liquid or solid particles into the nose or lungs is what? | aspiration pg 69 |
The contraction and expansion of arterial walls in accordance with forceful contraction and relaxation of the heart is called what? | pulse pg70 |
The AP Trendelenberg position is often used during an upper Gi exam to demonstrate what? | hiatal hernias pg 70 |
The AP axial projection of the femoral neck places the patient in a supine position with the affect thigh how? | abducted 40 degrees from vertical pg71 |
In myelography, the contrast medium generally injected where? | in the subarachnoid space between the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae pg 72 |
To evaluate the interphalangeal joints in the oblique and lateral positions the fingers must be supported how? | parallel to the IR pg72 |
Which type of articulation is evaluated in arthrography? | diarthrodial pg72 |
The laryngeal prominence is formed by what? | thyroid cartilage pg73 |
What exam is used to diagnose a Wilm's tumor? | IVU pg73 |
The function of which body system include mineral homeostasis, protection, and triglyceride storage? | skeletal pg74 |
What is the major cause of bowel obstruction in children? | intussusception pg74 |
Lateral deviation of the nasal septum may be best demonstrated best in what view? | parietoacanthal (Waters method) projection pg75 |
In the anterior oblique position of the cervical spine, the CR should be directed how? | 15 degrees caudad to C4 pg76 |
What is the functional study used to demonstrate the degree of AP motion present in the cervical spine? | flexion and extension lateral pg76 |
In a lateral projection of the nasal bones, the CR is directed where? | 3/4 inch distal to the nation pg77 |