RTE 1503 Midterm Question and Answer [2026] |
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam | Detailed Solutions
• If a flail chest comes in to ER what is the best position patient should be in -✓✓ -
Erect
• a landmark for centering of the AP chest projection -✓✓ The jugular notch
• Thorax contains -✓✓ heart, lungs, esophagus, great vessels
• Tiny sacs in the lungs are called -✓✓ alveoli
• the small tubes found in the lungs are called -✓✓ bronchioles
• what landmark for a KUB or supine abdomen exam would be used instead of
pubis symphysis -✓✓ - Greater trochanter
• A position alternative to the upright abdomen position -✓✓ - left lateral decubitus
• Where does tech CR enter for an upright abdomen? -✓✓ Mid sagittal plane, 2"
above iliac crest
• The most common landmark for positioning of the abdomen is the -✓✓ iliac crest
• What muscles must be demonstrated n a well exposed abdomen projection? -✓✓
psoas major
, • erect, palms facing forward head and feet straight ahead -✓✓ anatomic position
• to ensure that the inferior margin of the abdomen is included on a KUB, the
technologist should palpate the -✓✓ greater trochanter
• to ensure that the diaphragm is on the erect abdomen projection, the top of the IR
should be at the level of -✓✓ Axilla
• what term describes an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity of
the abdomen -✓✓ ascites
• the name of the fold in the peritoneum that forms an apron over the anterior
abdomen: -✓✓ greater omentum
• The left iliac wing is wider than the right on an AP abdomen, which side is closer
to the IR? -✓✓ left
• the xiphoid tip is located at -✓✓ T9-T10
• the 7th ceverical vertebra can be located by palpating the long spinous process
called the -✓✓ vertebra prominens
• body type of massive build, with organs having a high transverse placement and
usually a short, broad shape : -✓✓ hypersthenic
• plane that divides the body vertically into right and left portions: -✓✓ sagittal
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam | Detailed Solutions
• If a flail chest comes in to ER what is the best position patient should be in -✓✓ -
Erect
• a landmark for centering of the AP chest projection -✓✓ The jugular notch
• Thorax contains -✓✓ heart, lungs, esophagus, great vessels
• Tiny sacs in the lungs are called -✓✓ alveoli
• the small tubes found in the lungs are called -✓✓ bronchioles
• what landmark for a KUB or supine abdomen exam would be used instead of
pubis symphysis -✓✓ - Greater trochanter
• A position alternative to the upright abdomen position -✓✓ - left lateral decubitus
• Where does tech CR enter for an upright abdomen? -✓✓ Mid sagittal plane, 2"
above iliac crest
• The most common landmark for positioning of the abdomen is the -✓✓ iliac crest
• What muscles must be demonstrated n a well exposed abdomen projection? -✓✓
psoas major
, • erect, palms facing forward head and feet straight ahead -✓✓ anatomic position
• to ensure that the inferior margin of the abdomen is included on a KUB, the
technologist should palpate the -✓✓ greater trochanter
• to ensure that the diaphragm is on the erect abdomen projection, the top of the IR
should be at the level of -✓✓ Axilla
• what term describes an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity of
the abdomen -✓✓ ascites
• the name of the fold in the peritoneum that forms an apron over the anterior
abdomen: -✓✓ greater omentum
• The left iliac wing is wider than the right on an AP abdomen, which side is closer
to the IR? -✓✓ left
• the xiphoid tip is located at -✓✓ T9-T10
• the 7th ceverical vertebra can be located by palpating the long spinous process
called the -✓✓ vertebra prominens
• body type of massive build, with organs having a high transverse placement and
usually a short, broad shape : -✓✓ hypersthenic
• plane that divides the body vertically into right and left portions: -✓✓ sagittal
