2026/2027 Exam All Answers
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C-spine flexion / extension views assess what? - ANSWER
✔✔Anterior and posterior movement or lack of movement due to an
injury
What does ERCP stand for? - ANSWER ✔✔Endoscopic retrograde
cholangiopancreatography
What is an ERCP used for? - ANSWER ✔✔To investigate biliary tree,
CBD, gallbladder and pancreas
,Ball catchers view is good to assess what? - ANSWER ✔✔Early
stages of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Low blood pressure and dizziness due to standing up too quickly -
ANSWER ✔✔Orthostatic hypertension
What is Shenton's Line? - ANSWER ✔✔An imaginary curved line
drawn along the inferior border of the superior pubic ramus and along
the inferomedial border of the neck of femur
What is Shenton's Line used for? - ANSWER ✔✔To evaluate hip
pathology
What body part perpendicular to the CR when doing an intercondylar
fossa? - ANSWER ✔✔Long axis of the lower leg (Tib / Fib)
What is the purpose of lateral bending for scoliosis? - ANSWER
✔✔To determine structural change in early diagnosis
Optimal kVp for a chest? - ANSWER ✔✔100 - 130 kVp
How should you adjust CR for a portable Chest X-Ray on a kyphotic
patient? - ANSWER ✔✔Angle less slightly or leave the tube
perpendicular so clavicles will be 1" below apices of lung
,What is the maximum focal spot size for scaphoid? - ANSWER
✔✔0.6 mm
What medication may be added to the contrast to prevent a reaction? -
ANSWER ✔✔A steroid or anti-histamine
What test tool is used to test focal spot? - ANSWER ✔✔Slit camera,
pinhole camera and star pattern
What does focal spot size effect? - ANSWER ✔✔Penumbra
What does penumbra effect? - ANSWER ✔✔Recorded detail
What is the line focus principle? - ANSWER ✔✔The lower the target
angle, the smaller the effective focal spot size. The higher the target
angle, the larger the focal spot size
What is the advantage of line focus principle? - ANSWER ✔✔It
provides the detail of a small focal spot while allowing a large amount of
heat dissipation
If the pedicles sit too far posterior on vertebral bodies for an oblique L
spine, what does this mean? - ANSWER ✔✔Too much obliquity
Remember: *PP - too much* (posterior pedicles)
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, What is a CVP line? - ANSWER ✔✔Used for measuring central
venous pressure as well as allowing nutrients and fluid to be instilled
Best location for a CVP (Central Venous Pressure) Line? - ANSWER
✔✔Brachiocephalic vein or Superior Vena Cava
Where does a Swan-Ganz catheter sit? - ANSWER ✔✔The right side
of the heart and the arteries leading to the lungs
What does a Swan-Ganz catheter measure? - ANSWER ✔✔The
heart's function and blood flow pressures in and around the heart
What are Plia circularis? - ANSWER ✔✔The numerous folds of the
mucous membrane of the small intestine
What are the instruments used for sensitometry? - ANSWER ✔✔-
Sensitometer (step wedge)
- Densitometer
How often is a sensitometry strip done? - ANSWER ✔✔Daily
What is demonstrated on a 15O degree occipitofrontal view of the
sinuses? - ANSWER ✔✔- Frontal sinuses
- Anterior ethmoidal air cells
- Sphenoid sinuses