Chiropractic X-Ray Exam Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
electromagnetic Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ type of energy used to produce X-rays
intensifying stream Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ what happens inside the cassette during exposure?
scatter Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ X-rays that are bouncing off of things (wall, fat, organs) which can distort the
image
two images on film Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ -latent (invisible)
-manifest
Raise KVP Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Lower or Raise KVP with a bad image?
collimator Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ closes the field of view/ controls size of film
grid Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ stops X-rays at different levels
10 day rule Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ women can be X-rayed within 10 days of their last day of menstruation
lead Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ stops X-rays from going through the wall
anode Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ positive side of X-ray tube. Will accept
kVp Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ major and minor controls- control speed; quality= Kvp
low = high contrast
high = low contrast
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