Positioning Assessement Questions
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A patient is lying on her back facing the x-ray tube. The right side of her body is turned 20° toward the
image receptor. What is this radiographic position? - Answer RPO
A patient is erect with the left side directly against the image receptor. The central ray (CR) enters the
right side of the body. What is this radiographic position? - Answer left lateral
A patient is erect facing the x-ray tube and leaning the shoulders backward 20° to 30° toward the IR. The
central ray is perpendicular to the IR. What specific position has been performed - Answer lordotic
"Oblique" positions are always named according to the side of the patient that is: - Answer closest to
the IR
What type of projection is created with the CR directed along or parallel to the long axis of a structure or
anatomic part? - Answer axial
When there is longitudinal angulation of the central ray with the long axis of the body, the projection will
always use the term - Answer axial
A patient is lying on her back. The x-ray tube is horizontally directed with the CR entering the right side
of the body. The image receptor is adjacent to the left side of the body. What is the radiographic
position? - Answer dorsal decubitus
The patient is lying on her right side on a cart. The anterior surface of the patient is against the image
receptor. A horizontal central ray enters the posterior surface and exits the anterior surface of the body.
What specific projection/position has been performed? - Answer Right lateral decubitus
A patient is erect with the left side of his chest placed against the image receptor. The central ray enters
the right side of the upper chest and exits the left. Which specific position has been performed? -
Answer Transthoracic lateral
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A patient is lying on her back facing the x-ray tube. The right side of her body is turned 20° toward the
image receptor. What is this radiographic position? - Answer RPO
A patient is erect with the left side directly against the image receptor. The central ray (CR) enters the
right side of the body. What is this radiographic position? - Answer left lateral
A patient is erect facing the x-ray tube and leaning the shoulders backward 20° to 30° toward the IR. The
central ray is perpendicular to the IR. What specific position has been performed - Answer lordotic
"Oblique" positions are always named according to the side of the patient that is: - Answer closest to
the IR
What type of projection is created with the CR directed along or parallel to the long axis of a structure or
anatomic part? - Answer axial
When there is longitudinal angulation of the central ray with the long axis of the body, the projection will
always use the term - Answer axial
A patient is lying on her back. The x-ray tube is horizontally directed with the CR entering the right side
of the body. The image receptor is adjacent to the left side of the body. What is the radiographic
position? - Answer dorsal decubitus
The patient is lying on her right side on a cart. The anterior surface of the patient is against the image
receptor. A horizontal central ray enters the posterior surface and exits the anterior surface of the body.
What specific projection/position has been performed? - Answer Right lateral decubitus
A patient is erect with the left side of his chest placed against the image receptor. The central ray enters
the right side of the upper chest and exits the left. Which specific position has been performed? -
Answer Transthoracic lateral
