Bontrager chapter 2 self Test & Review
Questions: Chest UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Sternum - CORRECT ANSWER - Breastbone
Thyroid cartilage - CORRECT ANSWER - Adam's apple
Scapula - CORRECT ANSWER - Shoulder blade
Clavicle - CORRECT ANSWER - Collar bone
Vertebra prominens - CORRECT ANSWER - The correct term for the seventh cervical
vertebra is:
Jugular notch - CORRECT ANSWER - A notch, or depression, located on the on the
superior portion of the sternum is called the:
Right and left bronchi - CORRECT ANSWER - The trachea bifurcates and forms the:
Carina - CORRECT ANSWER - A specific prominence, or ridge, found at the point where
the internal distal trachea divides into the right and left bronchi is called the:
Hilum - CORRECT ANSWER - The area of each lung where the bronchi and blood
vessels enter and leave is called the:
Alveoli - CORRECT ANSWER - The small air sacs located at the distal ends of the
bronchioles within the lung where oxygen and carbon dioxide gas exchange occurs are called:
, Hilar pleura - CORRECT ANSWER - What is not an aspect of the pleura?
Parietal pleura, pleural cavity, pulmonary pleura - CORRECT ANSWER - Aspects of
pleura
Hemothorax - CORRECT ANSWER - The condition in which blood fills the potential
space between the layers is called:
Costophrenic angle - CORRECT ANSWER - The extreme, outermost lower corner of each
lung is called the:
thymus gland, heart and greater vessels, trachea, and esophagus - CORRECT ANSWER -
4 primary structures of Mediastinum
asthenic - CORRECT ANSWER - A narrow thorax that is shallow from the front to back
but very long in the vertical dimension is characteristic of a(n)___________________body
habitus.
125 kV, 72-inch SID - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the best kV and SID level for adult
chest radiography?
To reduce chest rotation - CORRECT ANSWER - Why are the shoulders pressed
downward and toward the IR for a PA projection of the chest?
To remove scapulae from lung fields - CORRECT ANSWER - Why are the shoulders
rolled forward for a PA projection of the chest?
3 to 4 inches below the jugular notch - CORRECT ANSWER - Where is the CR placed for
an AP supine projection of the chest?
Dyspnea - CORRECT ANSWER - What term is defined as shortness of breath?
Questions: Chest UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Sternum - CORRECT ANSWER - Breastbone
Thyroid cartilage - CORRECT ANSWER - Adam's apple
Scapula - CORRECT ANSWER - Shoulder blade
Clavicle - CORRECT ANSWER - Collar bone
Vertebra prominens - CORRECT ANSWER - The correct term for the seventh cervical
vertebra is:
Jugular notch - CORRECT ANSWER - A notch, or depression, located on the on the
superior portion of the sternum is called the:
Right and left bronchi - CORRECT ANSWER - The trachea bifurcates and forms the:
Carina - CORRECT ANSWER - A specific prominence, or ridge, found at the point where
the internal distal trachea divides into the right and left bronchi is called the:
Hilum - CORRECT ANSWER - The area of each lung where the bronchi and blood
vessels enter and leave is called the:
Alveoli - CORRECT ANSWER - The small air sacs located at the distal ends of the
bronchioles within the lung where oxygen and carbon dioxide gas exchange occurs are called:
, Hilar pleura - CORRECT ANSWER - What is not an aspect of the pleura?
Parietal pleura, pleural cavity, pulmonary pleura - CORRECT ANSWER - Aspects of
pleura
Hemothorax - CORRECT ANSWER - The condition in which blood fills the potential
space between the layers is called:
Costophrenic angle - CORRECT ANSWER - The extreme, outermost lower corner of each
lung is called the:
thymus gland, heart and greater vessels, trachea, and esophagus - CORRECT ANSWER -
4 primary structures of Mediastinum
asthenic - CORRECT ANSWER - A narrow thorax that is shallow from the front to back
but very long in the vertical dimension is characteristic of a(n)___________________body
habitus.
125 kV, 72-inch SID - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the best kV and SID level for adult
chest radiography?
To reduce chest rotation - CORRECT ANSWER - Why are the shoulders pressed
downward and toward the IR for a PA projection of the chest?
To remove scapulae from lung fields - CORRECT ANSWER - Why are the shoulders
rolled forward for a PA projection of the chest?
3 to 4 inches below the jugular notch - CORRECT ANSWER - Where is the CR placed for
an AP supine projection of the chest?
Dyspnea - CORRECT ANSWER - What term is defined as shortness of breath?
