RAD 121 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
How many separate bones are found in the adult human body? - Answers - 206
Which of the following bones is apart of the axial skeleton? A: Radius B: Hip Bone C:
Clavicle D: Sternum - Answers - D: Sternum
WHich of the following bones is classified as a long bone? A: Carpal Bone B: Scapula
C: Cranium D: Humerus - Answers - D: Humerus
What is the name of the dense fibrous membrane that covers bone? - Answers -
Periosteum
Which of the following is a secondary growth center for endochondral ossification? A:
Diaphysis B: Metaphysis C: Epiphyses D: Articular cartilage - Answers - C: Epiphyses
Examples of "Flat" bones are the: - Answers - Clavaria, ribs, scapulae, and sternum
What is the primary center for bone growth termed? - Answers - Diaphysis
Which of the following is NOT a functional classification of joints? A: Synarthrosis B:
Amphiarthrosis C: Cartilaginous D: Diarthrosis - Answers - C Cartilaginous
Which of the following joints is NOT a synovial joint? A: SKull suture B: Elbow joint C:
Hip Joint D: Proximal radioulnar joint - Answers - A: Skull suture
The vertical plane that divides the body into equal right and left halves describes the
_____ plane. - Answers - median or midsagittal
A patient is lying on her back facing the x-ray tube. The right side of her body is turned
20 degrees toward the image receptor. What is this radiographic position? - Answers -
RPO (Right posterior oblique)
The patient is erect facing the image receptor. The left side of the body is turned 45
degree toward the image receptor. The CR enters the posterior aspect of the body and
exits the anterior. What is this radiographic position? - Answers - LAO (Left Anterior
oblique)
The radiographic term projection is defined as - Answers - Path or direction of the
central ray
What is the minimal number of projections taken for a study of the femur - Answers -
Two
, The patient is lying on her right side. The anterior surface of the patient is against the
image receptor. A horizontal central ray (CR) enters the posterior surface and exits the
anterior surface of the body. What specific projection/position has been performed? -
Answers - Right lateral decubitus - PA
A hyperstenic male arrives in radiology department for a chest exam. Select the correct
size and the orientation of the image receptor for the PA projection - Answers - 14X17
On deep inspiration, the diaphragm is: - Answers - lowered
Which of the following statements is incorrect? A: the right lung has two lobes B: the
most superior aspect of the lung field is the apex C: each lung is enclosed in pleura D:
the trachea bifurcates into the main stem bronchi - Answers - A: the right lung has two
lobes
Which of the following is (are) important in the PA projection of the chest: 1. patient
should be examined upright 2. Expiration is required for breathing instructions 3.
scapulae should be in the lung field - Answers - D: 1 only
Asymmetry of the ______ on a PA projection of the chest indicates rotation - Answers -
sternoclavicualar joints
The recommended SID for a chest radiography is - Answers - 72 inches
What (anatomic) are of the chest is best demonstrated on a lordotic projection -
Answers - apices
The four main component of the respiratory system include: - Answers - pharynx,
trachea, bronchi, lung
Which of the following position landmarks is palpated for centering the AP chest position
- Answers - Jugular notch
The condition in which blood fills the potential space between the layers of pleura is
called: - Answers - hemothorax
The extreme outermost lower corner of each lung is called the - Answers - costophrenic
angle
In which lung would fluid accumulate in a right decubitus chest x-ray - Answers - right
lung
Assuming anatomical position, which of the following anatomy is proximal to the
forearm? - Answers - elbow
ANSWERS
How many separate bones are found in the adult human body? - Answers - 206
Which of the following bones is apart of the axial skeleton? A: Radius B: Hip Bone C:
Clavicle D: Sternum - Answers - D: Sternum
WHich of the following bones is classified as a long bone? A: Carpal Bone B: Scapula
C: Cranium D: Humerus - Answers - D: Humerus
What is the name of the dense fibrous membrane that covers bone? - Answers -
Periosteum
Which of the following is a secondary growth center for endochondral ossification? A:
Diaphysis B: Metaphysis C: Epiphyses D: Articular cartilage - Answers - C: Epiphyses
Examples of "Flat" bones are the: - Answers - Clavaria, ribs, scapulae, and sternum
What is the primary center for bone growth termed? - Answers - Diaphysis
Which of the following is NOT a functional classification of joints? A: Synarthrosis B:
Amphiarthrosis C: Cartilaginous D: Diarthrosis - Answers - C Cartilaginous
Which of the following joints is NOT a synovial joint? A: SKull suture B: Elbow joint C:
Hip Joint D: Proximal radioulnar joint - Answers - A: Skull suture
The vertical plane that divides the body into equal right and left halves describes the
_____ plane. - Answers - median or midsagittal
A patient is lying on her back facing the x-ray tube. The right side of her body is turned
20 degrees toward the image receptor. What is this radiographic position? - Answers -
RPO (Right posterior oblique)
The patient is erect facing the image receptor. The left side of the body is turned 45
degree toward the image receptor. The CR enters the posterior aspect of the body and
exits the anterior. What is this radiographic position? - Answers - LAO (Left Anterior
oblique)
The radiographic term projection is defined as - Answers - Path or direction of the
central ray
What is the minimal number of projections taken for a study of the femur - Answers -
Two
, The patient is lying on her right side. The anterior surface of the patient is against the
image receptor. A horizontal central ray (CR) enters the posterior surface and exits the
anterior surface of the body. What specific projection/position has been performed? -
Answers - Right lateral decubitus - PA
A hyperstenic male arrives in radiology department for a chest exam. Select the correct
size and the orientation of the image receptor for the PA projection - Answers - 14X17
On deep inspiration, the diaphragm is: - Answers - lowered
Which of the following statements is incorrect? A: the right lung has two lobes B: the
most superior aspect of the lung field is the apex C: each lung is enclosed in pleura D:
the trachea bifurcates into the main stem bronchi - Answers - A: the right lung has two
lobes
Which of the following is (are) important in the PA projection of the chest: 1. patient
should be examined upright 2. Expiration is required for breathing instructions 3.
scapulae should be in the lung field - Answers - D: 1 only
Asymmetry of the ______ on a PA projection of the chest indicates rotation - Answers -
sternoclavicualar joints
The recommended SID for a chest radiography is - Answers - 72 inches
What (anatomic) are of the chest is best demonstrated on a lordotic projection -
Answers - apices
The four main component of the respiratory system include: - Answers - pharynx,
trachea, bronchi, lung
Which of the following position landmarks is palpated for centering the AP chest position
- Answers - Jugular notch
The condition in which blood fills the potential space between the layers of pleura is
called: - Answers - hemothorax
The extreme outermost lower corner of each lung is called the - Answers - costophrenic
angle
In which lung would fluid accumulate in a right decubitus chest x-ray - Answers - right
lung
Assuming anatomical position, which of the following anatomy is proximal to the
forearm? - Answers - elbow
