RAD 121 MIDTERM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Radiographs of the hands, wrist, feet, and toes are routinely displayed on the illuminator
with the digits: - Answers - positioned toward the ceiling
hypersthenic patient - Answers - big frame, usually overweight
The term that refers to parts nearest the point of attachment, or origin is : - Answers -
Proximal
If the central ray enters the anterior body surface and exits the posterior body surface,
the x-ray projection is termed: - Answers - AP
General Body Position - Answers - LAO
An X-ray procedure maybe a new experience, so patients usually respond correctly
when: - Answers - Only one instruction is given at a time
A patient is lying in the left lateral position for a decubitus CXR. The _____ marker
should be placed ______ - Answers - Right, up
Oblique positions are always named according to the side of the patient that is: -
Answers - closest to the IR
An increase in technical factors maybe required to penetrate a part on a patient who
has: - Answers - Pleural effusion
If the patient is in the dorsal decubitus position, what is the projection? - Answers -
Lateral
sole or posterior surface of the foot - Answers - Plantar
Patient lying in their back - Answers - supine
Patient lying on their back and the tube is horizontal to the left of them, what is the
projection? - Answers - Lateral
According to Merrills, what marker should be displayed for a PA chest x-ray and in what
location? - Answers - Right, up
A person lying on their stomach is in the ____ position - Answers - prone
, the hand consists of how many bones - Answers - 27
how many phalanx are there in the thumb - Answers - 2
For a PA projection of the second digit, the central ray is directed to the; - Answers -
proximal interphalangeal joint
Flexing the finders for a PA projection of the wrist causes what? - Answers - placement
of the carpal bones closer to the ir
For a lateral projection of the wrist, the elbow must be flexed: - Answers - 90 degrees
what the primary projection used to demonstrate anterior and posterior displacement of
fractures of the hand or wrist? - Answers - lateral
for the PA projection of the wrist in ulnar deviation, the central ray is angled; - Answers -
0 degrees
For the PA projection of the wrist of the wrist in ulnar deviation, the central ray is
directed toward the; - Answers - scaphoid
For the AP projection of the forearm, the hand is; - Answers - supinated
for the AP projection of the elbow, the humeral epicondyles are: - Answers - parallel to
the ir
which of the following is shown "in profile" on a lateral projection of the elbow? -
Answers - olecranon process
projected free of superimposition for an AP oblique projection of the elbow with medial
rotation? - Answers - coronoid process
a boxers fracture usually breaks - Answers - the 4th and 5th metacarpals
decubitus - Answers - laying down
What is the name of the fracture that occurs to the hand and wrist, when a person
attempts to catch their fall? - Answers - colles fracture
If a person is unable to straighten their elbow for both the medial and lateral oblique
radiographs, then the _________________method might be used. This method
demonstrates the coroniod and the radial joint. - Answers - Coyle
With reference to the plane of the IR, how should the humeral epicondyles be
positioned for the lateral projection of the humerus? - Answers - perpendicular
ANSWERS
Radiographs of the hands, wrist, feet, and toes are routinely displayed on the illuminator
with the digits: - Answers - positioned toward the ceiling
hypersthenic patient - Answers - big frame, usually overweight
The term that refers to parts nearest the point of attachment, or origin is : - Answers -
Proximal
If the central ray enters the anterior body surface and exits the posterior body surface,
the x-ray projection is termed: - Answers - AP
General Body Position - Answers - LAO
An X-ray procedure maybe a new experience, so patients usually respond correctly
when: - Answers - Only one instruction is given at a time
A patient is lying in the left lateral position for a decubitus CXR. The _____ marker
should be placed ______ - Answers - Right, up
Oblique positions are always named according to the side of the patient that is: -
Answers - closest to the IR
An increase in technical factors maybe required to penetrate a part on a patient who
has: - Answers - Pleural effusion
If the patient is in the dorsal decubitus position, what is the projection? - Answers -
Lateral
sole or posterior surface of the foot - Answers - Plantar
Patient lying in their back - Answers - supine
Patient lying on their back and the tube is horizontal to the left of them, what is the
projection? - Answers - Lateral
According to Merrills, what marker should be displayed for a PA chest x-ray and in what
location? - Answers - Right, up
A person lying on their stomach is in the ____ position - Answers - prone
, the hand consists of how many bones - Answers - 27
how many phalanx are there in the thumb - Answers - 2
For a PA projection of the second digit, the central ray is directed to the; - Answers -
proximal interphalangeal joint
Flexing the finders for a PA projection of the wrist causes what? - Answers - placement
of the carpal bones closer to the ir
For a lateral projection of the wrist, the elbow must be flexed: - Answers - 90 degrees
what the primary projection used to demonstrate anterior and posterior displacement of
fractures of the hand or wrist? - Answers - lateral
for the PA projection of the wrist in ulnar deviation, the central ray is angled; - Answers -
0 degrees
For the PA projection of the wrist of the wrist in ulnar deviation, the central ray is
directed toward the; - Answers - scaphoid
For the AP projection of the forearm, the hand is; - Answers - supinated
for the AP projection of the elbow, the humeral epicondyles are: - Answers - parallel to
the ir
which of the following is shown "in profile" on a lateral projection of the elbow? -
Answers - olecranon process
projected free of superimposition for an AP oblique projection of the elbow with medial
rotation? - Answers - coronoid process
a boxers fracture usually breaks - Answers - the 4th and 5th metacarpals
decubitus - Answers - laying down
What is the name of the fracture that occurs to the hand and wrist, when a person
attempts to catch their fall? - Answers - colles fracture
If a person is unable to straighten their elbow for both the medial and lateral oblique
radiographs, then the _________________method might be used. This method
demonstrates the coroniod and the radial joint. - Answers - Coyle
With reference to the plane of the IR, how should the humeral epicondyles be
positioned for the lateral projection of the humerus? - Answers - perpendicular
