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RTE 1503 Final Exam 2025/2026 – 160 Verified Q&A on Abdominal Imaging, Biliary Procedures, GI & Urinary Pathologies | Radiologic Technology

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This document contains 160 high-yield final exam questions and verified answers for the RTE 1503 course, specifically tailored for the 2025/2026 academic year. It comprehensively covers crucial topics including liver lobes and gallbladder anatomy, biliary imaging techniques (PTC, T-tube, ERCP), chest and abdominal pathologies (COPD, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis), GI procedures (Upper GI, Small Bowel Series, Barium Enema), urinary system structure and imaging, nephron functions, and contrast study protocols. Ideal for Radiologic Technology students, this resource is particularly beneficial to those preparing for final exams, board certifications, or practical assessments. The material follows a clinical and procedural focus, aligned with imaging safety, positioning techniques, and radiographic diagnosis across multiple systems. Recommended for: Students enrolled in Radiologic Technology, Diagnostic Imaging, Medical Radiation Sciences, or Pre-Medical Imaging programs. Also useful for certified technologists, exam retakers, and those in health sciences or nursing programs with a diagnostic imaging component. Keywords: radiologic positioning, abdominal imaging, gallbladder procedures, biliary system, liver lobes, PTC, ERCP, T-tube cholangiogram, urinary system anatomy, nephron, IVU, UGI, small bowel series, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, COPD, pneumothorax, kidney function, cystogram, contrast media, diagnostic radiography, radiologic pathology

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How many lobes does the liver have? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔4: right, left, caudal

& quadrate


Falciform ligament - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Divides the right and left lobes located

anterioly

What are the 2 minor lobes in the liver and where are they located? - 🧠

ANSWER ✔✔Caudal and quadratic located posteriorly


How much bile is made in the liver? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔.5 to 1.5 liters per day


Chole - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bile


Cholangio - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Biliary ducts or structures

,Cholecyst or cholecysto - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Gallbladder


Choledocho - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Common bile duct (CBD)


cyst or cysto - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bladder


Cholelithiasis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Condition of having gallstones


Gallbladder procedures - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. PTC: Percutaneous

Transhepatic Cholangiography;

2. Post-op or T-tube Cholangiogram;

3. Immediate or operative Cholangiogram


Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Accesses

bile ducts with "skinny needle" or Chiba through the intercostal rib space for

drainage or imaging purposes

-can cause pneumothorax, punctured liver, hemorrage, sepsis


Post-op or T-tube cholangiogram - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Exam where T-tube

placed during surgery for drainage

-done to check potency of biliary structures for no leakage

,Immediate or operative cholangiogram - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Common GB

imaging study, watch contrast fill biliary structures, after surgery to check

for residual stones and fill

What is the preferred position for gallbladder imaging and why? - 🧠

ANSWER ✔✔LAO, to keep contrast in and move spine away from

gallbladder

Where is the gallbladder in an asthenic patient? - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔Gallbladder near spine and low


Where is the gallbladder in an hypersthenic patient? - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔Gallbladder up and near diaphragm, transverse


Chest pathologies - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Aspiration, atelectasis, bronchiectasis,

bronchitis, COPD, emphysema, metastases, plural effusion, pneumothorax,

primary & secondary tuberculosis, cystic fibrosis


Aspiration - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Something stuck in the throat. Decrease

technical factors due to soft tissue


Atelectasis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Collapsed lung, partial or whole


-increase technique: absence of air


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, Bronchiectasis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Dense fluid in bronchiole in lower

respiratory system

-Patient. Can cough it out on trendelenburg; no technique change

-same as Bronchitis


COPD - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Culmination of 2 disease or more: lower technique

due to air trapped in lungs


Emphysema - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Ruptured alveoli that has air stuck in them

are dense and black: lower technique


Bulla - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Group of ruptured aveoli


Metastases - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Secondary cancer spread from primary

source.

-can be Osterlytic or additive: type unknown until X ray done


Osterlytic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Destructive: increase technique


Osteoblastic - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Additive: decrease technique


Plural effusion - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Fluid in the pleural cavity: increase

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