Bontrager chapter 2 self Test & Review Questions: Chest****

Sternum - Answer-Breastbone Thyroid cartilage - Answer-Adam's apple Scapula - Answer-Shoulder blade Clavicle - Answer-Collar bone Vertebra prominens - Answer-The correct term for the seventh cervical vertebra is: Jugular notch - Answer-A notch, or depression, located on the on the superior portion of the sternum is called the: Right and left bronchi - Answer-The trachea bifurcates and forms the: Carina - 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 - Answer-The area of each lung where the bronchi and blood vessels enter and leave is called the: Alveoli - 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 - Answer-What is not an aspect of the pleura? Parietal pleura, pleural cavity, pulmonary pleura - Answer-Aspects of pleuraHemothorax - Answer-The condition in which blood fills the potential space between the layers is called: Costophrenic angle - Answer-The extreme, outermost lower corner of each lung is called the: thymus gland, heart and greater vessels, trachea, and esophagus - Answer-4 primary structures of Mediastinum asthenic - 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 - Answer-What is the best kV and SID level for adult chest radiography? To reduce chest rotation - Answer-Why are the shoulders pressed downward and toward the IR for a PA projection of the chest? To remove scapulae from lung fields - Answer-Why are the shoulders rolled forward for a PA projection of the chest? 3 to 4 inches below the jugular notch - Answer-Where is the CR placed for an AP supine projection of the chest? Dyspnea - Answer-What term is defined as shortness of breath?