BONTRAGER EXAM SCRIPT PREMIUM
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● What are the two important bony landmarks of the thorax for
positioning a AP or PA chest projection?
Answer: Vertebre prominens (back of neck) and the jugular notch (top of
sternum)
●● What are the four divisions of the respiratory system?
Answer: (1) pharynx
(2) trachea
(3) bronchi
(4) lungs
●● Adam's apple
Answer: laryngeal prominence
●● shoulder blade
Answer: scapula
●● voice box
Answer: larynx
, ●● breastbone
Answer: sternum
●● collar bone
Answer: clavicle
●● Name the three divisions of the larynx
Answer: Nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx
●● What is the name of the structure that prevents food and foreign
objects from entering the respiratory system?
Answer: epiglottis
●● Is the esophagus anterior or posterior to the trachea?
Answer: posterior
●● If a person accidentally inhales a food particle which brochi is it
most likely to enter and why?
Answer: the right bronchus because it is shorter, wider, and more
vertical
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● What are the two important bony landmarks of the thorax for
positioning a AP or PA chest projection?
Answer: Vertebre prominens (back of neck) and the jugular notch (top of
sternum)
●● What are the four divisions of the respiratory system?
Answer: (1) pharynx
(2) trachea
(3) bronchi
(4) lungs
●● Adam's apple
Answer: laryngeal prominence
●● shoulder blade
Answer: scapula
●● voice box
Answer: larynx
, ●● breastbone
Answer: sternum
●● collar bone
Answer: clavicle
●● Name the three divisions of the larynx
Answer: Nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx
●● What is the name of the structure that prevents food and foreign
objects from entering the respiratory system?
Answer: epiglottis
●● Is the esophagus anterior or posterior to the trachea?
Answer: posterior
●● If a person accidentally inhales a food particle which brochi is it
most likely to enter and why?
Answer: the right bronchus because it is shorter, wider, and more
vertical