SECTIONAL ANATOMY FOR IMAGING
PROFESSIONALS CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
TEST COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ Images reconstructed from data obtained along any projection
through the cube that result in a sagittal, coronal, transverse, or
oblique image are termed:
A) Volume rendering
B) Multiplanar reformation
C) Shaded surface display
D) Maximum intensity projection.
Answer: Multiplanar reformation
◉ The carotid bifurcation is located:
A) At the upper border of the thyroid cartilage
B) At the upper margin of the sacroiliac joint
C) 4 cm above the pyloric plane
D) 4 cm above bifurcation of the abdominal aorta.
,Answer: At the upper border of the thyroid cartilage
◉ The carina is located at:
A) T4 to T5, sternal angle
B) T1 to T2, sternal angle
C)L1 to L2
D) L4 to L5.
Answer: T4 to T5, sternal angle
◉ The transpyloric plane is found midway between the:
A) Tubercles of the iliac crests and L3
B) Xiphosternal joint and umbilicus
C) Tubercles of the iliac creast
D) Xiphosternal joint and the pubic symphysis.
Answer: Xiphosternal joint and umbilicus
◉ All of the following image algorithms use the principle of the ray-
tracing, except:
A) Maximum intensity projection (MIP)
,B) Shaded surface display (SSD)
C) Volume rendering (VR)
D) 2D imaging.
Answer: 2D imaging
◉ The dorsal cavity can be further subdivided into which of the
following cavities?
A) Two lateral pleural
B) Thoracic and abdominopelvic
C) Cranial and spinal
D) Abdominal and pelvic.
Answer: Cranial and spinal
◉ The inferior mesenteric artery is located:
A) 4 cm above the transpyloric plane
B) 2.5 cm below the jugular notch
C) 2 cm above the transpyloric plane
D) 4 cm above the bifurcation of the abdominal aorta.
Answer: 4 cm above the bifurcation of the abdominal aorta
, ◉ The plane that passes diagonally between the axes of two other
planes is the ________ plane
A) Axial
B) Oblique
C) Sagittal
D)Coronal.
Answer: Oblique
◉ Water is used as a reference tissue and is given the CT number of:
A)-1000
B) -500
C) +1000
D) 0.
Answer: 0
◉ The term inguinal refers to the area of the:
A) Sternum
B) Groin
C) Spine
PROFESSIONALS CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
TEST COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ Images reconstructed from data obtained along any projection
through the cube that result in a sagittal, coronal, transverse, or
oblique image are termed:
A) Volume rendering
B) Multiplanar reformation
C) Shaded surface display
D) Maximum intensity projection.
Answer: Multiplanar reformation
◉ The carotid bifurcation is located:
A) At the upper border of the thyroid cartilage
B) At the upper margin of the sacroiliac joint
C) 4 cm above the pyloric plane
D) 4 cm above bifurcation of the abdominal aorta.
,Answer: At the upper border of the thyroid cartilage
◉ The carina is located at:
A) T4 to T5, sternal angle
B) T1 to T2, sternal angle
C)L1 to L2
D) L4 to L5.
Answer: T4 to T5, sternal angle
◉ The transpyloric plane is found midway between the:
A) Tubercles of the iliac crests and L3
B) Xiphosternal joint and umbilicus
C) Tubercles of the iliac creast
D) Xiphosternal joint and the pubic symphysis.
Answer: Xiphosternal joint and umbilicus
◉ All of the following image algorithms use the principle of the ray-
tracing, except:
A) Maximum intensity projection (MIP)
,B) Shaded surface display (SSD)
C) Volume rendering (VR)
D) 2D imaging.
Answer: 2D imaging
◉ The dorsal cavity can be further subdivided into which of the
following cavities?
A) Two lateral pleural
B) Thoracic and abdominopelvic
C) Cranial and spinal
D) Abdominal and pelvic.
Answer: Cranial and spinal
◉ The inferior mesenteric artery is located:
A) 4 cm above the transpyloric plane
B) 2.5 cm below the jugular notch
C) 2 cm above the transpyloric plane
D) 4 cm above the bifurcation of the abdominal aorta.
Answer: 4 cm above the bifurcation of the abdominal aorta
, ◉ The plane that passes diagonally between the axes of two other
planes is the ________ plane
A) Axial
B) Oblique
C) Sagittal
D)Coronal.
Answer: Oblique
◉ Water is used as a reference tissue and is given the CT number of:
A)-1000
B) -500
C) +1000
D) 0.
Answer: 0
◉ The term inguinal refers to the area of the:
A) Sternum
B) Groin
C) Spine
