Diagnostic Imaging VTNE UPDATED
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Many x-ray machines used in veterinary medicine have a 2-part exposure process. The first step
involves depressing a button or pushing a pedal half-way to prepare the machine for the exposure
and then a second button or fully depressing the pedal to take the exposure. What happens in the
x-ray machine when the first step is started? - CORRECT ANSWER - The anode rotates
and the filament is heated
Which bone articulates with the patella? - CORRECT ANSWER - Femur
Which of the following structures in the body is most sensitive to radiation? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Ocular Lens
Which bone is not associated with the forelimb? - CORRECT ANSWER - Tibia
For which of the following disorders is an intravenous pyelogram most useful in detecting? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Ureteral stones
Which of the choices below is in the correct order from least-to-most radiodense (darkest-to-
whitest on the film)? - CORRECT ANSWER - Gas, fat, soft tissue and fluid, bone, metal
When placing lateral radiographs of the stifle joint on a viewer for a veterinarian to evaluate,
how should the film be oriented? - CORRECT ANSWER - The cranial or dorsal side of
the limb should be to the left and the proximal aspect should be toward the top of the viewbox
Which of the following people is not allowed to restrain a patient for a radiograph? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 17-year old male veterinary assistant that is working at the clinic for the
summer
A dog in respiratory distress should not be placed in which position for radiographs? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Dorsal
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Many x-ray machines used in veterinary medicine have a 2-part exposure process. The first step
involves depressing a button or pushing a pedal half-way to prepare the machine for the exposure
and then a second button or fully depressing the pedal to take the exposure. What happens in the
x-ray machine when the first step is started? - CORRECT ANSWER - The anode rotates
and the filament is heated
Which bone articulates with the patella? - CORRECT ANSWER - Femur
Which of the following structures in the body is most sensitive to radiation? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Ocular Lens
Which bone is not associated with the forelimb? - CORRECT ANSWER - Tibia
For which of the following disorders is an intravenous pyelogram most useful in detecting? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Ureteral stones
Which of the choices below is in the correct order from least-to-most radiodense (darkest-to-
whitest on the film)? - CORRECT ANSWER - Gas, fat, soft tissue and fluid, bone, metal
When placing lateral radiographs of the stifle joint on a viewer for a veterinarian to evaluate,
how should the film be oriented? - CORRECT ANSWER - The cranial or dorsal side of
the limb should be to the left and the proximal aspect should be toward the top of the viewbox
Which of the following people is not allowed to restrain a patient for a radiograph? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 17-year old male veterinary assistant that is working at the clinic for the
summer
A dog in respiratory distress should not be placed in which position for radiographs? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Dorsal
