DEXA PRACTICE TEST 1 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED.
What should the technologist do if a patient has severe pain during a dual energy x-ray
absorptiometry scan
Avoid performing the Scan
Watch the acquisition for artifacts
Provide the patient with a wedge for the area with the pain
Instruct the patient to shift to the opposite side - ANSWERSAvoid Perfroming the scan
What is the styloid process? - ANSWERSProjection on the radius's distal end
arcs of bone in the femur are called what? - ANSWERSTrabeculae
Osteoporosis diagnosis in children takes into account densitomtric criteria dn? -
ANSWERSClinical fracture history
What is the T-score range for an individual to be considered as having normal bone
mass? - ANSWERST-Score above -1
How is calcitonin taken? - ANSWERSNasal spray or injection
What are the calibration categories that DXA falls into? - ANSWERSEmpirical and Fixed
What type of osteoporosis is present at Birth? - ANSWERSOsteogenesis imperfecta
osteoporosis
What score type is helpful in determining the bone density of childresn who have yet
reached their peak adult bone mass? - ANSWERSz-score
patients who have nonrelated osteoporotic bone fractures may produce what type of
effect on the bone mineral density values - ANSWERSFalse results may occur because
of the increase in bone mineral denisty
Variance in body habitus affects? - ANSWERSBone mineral density analysis
Calcitonin used for osteoporosis is a type of what - ANSWERSHormone treatment
Ho amny types of osteoporosis are there? - ANSWERS4
which lumbar vertebrae has the smallest spinous process - ANSWERSL1
AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED.
What should the technologist do if a patient has severe pain during a dual energy x-ray
absorptiometry scan
Avoid performing the Scan
Watch the acquisition for artifacts
Provide the patient with a wedge for the area with the pain
Instruct the patient to shift to the opposite side - ANSWERSAvoid Perfroming the scan
What is the styloid process? - ANSWERSProjection on the radius's distal end
arcs of bone in the femur are called what? - ANSWERSTrabeculae
Osteoporosis diagnosis in children takes into account densitomtric criteria dn? -
ANSWERSClinical fracture history
What is the T-score range for an individual to be considered as having normal bone
mass? - ANSWERST-Score above -1
How is calcitonin taken? - ANSWERSNasal spray or injection
What are the calibration categories that DXA falls into? - ANSWERSEmpirical and Fixed
What type of osteoporosis is present at Birth? - ANSWERSOsteogenesis imperfecta
osteoporosis
What score type is helpful in determining the bone density of childresn who have yet
reached their peak adult bone mass? - ANSWERSz-score
patients who have nonrelated osteoporotic bone fractures may produce what type of
effect on the bone mineral density values - ANSWERSFalse results may occur because
of the increase in bone mineral denisty
Variance in body habitus affects? - ANSWERSBone mineral density analysis
Calcitonin used for osteoporosis is a type of what - ANSWERSHormone treatment
Ho amny types of osteoporosis are there? - ANSWERS4
which lumbar vertebrae has the smallest spinous process - ANSWERSL1
