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NBCE BOARDS PART 2 - DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS [LATEST UPDATE]
Terms in this set (222) Q & A
Which of the following is the most stable cervical fracture?
a. hangman
b. burst
c. clay shoveler's
d. jefferson
- answer- c. clay shoveler's
Which of the following sites is the most common location for osteosarcomas?
a. proximal elbow
b. proximal humerus
c. distal end of the femur
d. distal tibia
- answer- c. distal end of the femur
Which of the following sites would you find a tri-radiate cartilage?
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a. olecranon fossa
b. cubital fossa
c. acetabular fossa
d. tarsal fossa
- answer- c. acetabular fossa
Which of the following radiological findings would you expect to find in a patient with an
abdominal aortic aneurysm?
a. corduroy cloth appearance of the lumbar vertebrae
b. bamboo spine
c. biconcave lumbar vertebral bodies
d. parallel curvilinear lines anterior to the lumbar vertebrae
- answer- d. parallel curvilinear lines anterior to the lumbar vertebrae
Which of the following does not use a special medium for visualization?
a. pyelogram
b. ultrasound
c. nuclear bone scan
d. myelogram
- answer- b. ultrasound
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Which of the following lobes of the lung is the location of the azygos lobe when it occurs?
a. right upper lobe
b. right lower lobe
c. left upper lobe
d. left lower lobe
- answer- a. right upper lobe
Which of the following adult bones is the most commonly fractured bone?
a. head of the femur
b. neck of the femur
c. clavicle
d. distal end of the radius
- answer- d. distal end of the radius
Which angle is used to detect a calcaneal fracture?
a. cobb's
b. mikulicz's
c. bohler's
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d. ferguson's
- answer- c. bohler's
Which of the following views is best for viewing the space between the 3rd cuneiform and
cuboid bones?
a. medial oblique
b. a-p
c. p-a
d. lateral
- answer- a. medial oblique
Which of the following is the most common site of fractures in the elbow in the adult?
a. lateral epicondyle
b. medial epicondyle
c. olecranon
d. head of the radius
- answer- d. head of the radius
Which of the following lines is most useful in determining whether slipped capital femoral
epiphysis is present?
NBCE BOARDS PART 2 - DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS [LATEST UPDATE]
Terms in this set (222) Q & A
Which of the following is the most stable cervical fracture?
a. hangman
b. burst
c. clay shoveler's
d. jefferson
- answer- c. clay shoveler's
Which of the following sites is the most common location for osteosarcomas?
a. proximal elbow
b. proximal humerus
c. distal end of the femur
d. distal tibia
- answer- c. distal end of the femur
Which of the following sites would you find a tri-radiate cartilage?
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a. olecranon fossa
b. cubital fossa
c. acetabular fossa
d. tarsal fossa
- answer- c. acetabular fossa
Which of the following radiological findings would you expect to find in a patient with an
abdominal aortic aneurysm?
a. corduroy cloth appearance of the lumbar vertebrae
b. bamboo spine
c. biconcave lumbar vertebral bodies
d. parallel curvilinear lines anterior to the lumbar vertebrae
- answer- d. parallel curvilinear lines anterior to the lumbar vertebrae
Which of the following does not use a special medium for visualization?
a. pyelogram
b. ultrasound
c. nuclear bone scan
d. myelogram
- answer- b. ultrasound
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Which of the following lobes of the lung is the location of the azygos lobe when it occurs?
a. right upper lobe
b. right lower lobe
c. left upper lobe
d. left lower lobe
- answer- a. right upper lobe
Which of the following adult bones is the most commonly fractured bone?
a. head of the femur
b. neck of the femur
c. clavicle
d. distal end of the radius
- answer- d. distal end of the radius
Which angle is used to detect a calcaneal fracture?
a. cobb's
b. mikulicz's
c. bohler's
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d. ferguson's
- answer- c. bohler's
Which of the following views is best for viewing the space between the 3rd cuneiform and
cuboid bones?
a. medial oblique
b. a-p
c. p-a
d. lateral
- answer- a. medial oblique
Which of the following is the most common site of fractures in the elbow in the adult?
a. lateral epicondyle
b. medial epicondyle
c. olecranon
d. head of the radius
- answer- d. head of the radius
Which of the following lines is most useful in determining whether slipped capital femoral
epiphysis is present?
