CHIROPRACTIC X-RAY EXAM WITH 100% ACCURATE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
10 day rule - -women can be X-rayed within 10 days of their last day of menstruation
-abduction - -moving away from the midline
-adduction - -movement toward the midline
-anatomic position - -patient standing erect with the feet together and the palms facing forward
-anode - -positive side of X-ray tube. Will accept
-anterior - -nearer to the front
-AP open mouth - -[cervical]
8x10
40'
chin to occiput
patient facing x-ray tube with mouth open
suspended
-collimation - -restricts the useful X-ray beam to target area spanning adjacent tissue from unnecessary
exposure.
* picture is better when you lessen the focal spot
-collimator - -closes the field of view/ controls size of film
-deep - -farther from the surface
-distal - -farther from the trunk or point of origin
-electromagnetic - -type of energy used to produce X-rays
-exposure time - -how much time between the cathode and the anode
-extension - -Straightening of a joint/ increasing an angle
-flexion - -bending a joint/decreasing the angle
-grid - -stops X-rays at different levels
-inferior - -nearer to the feet
-intensifying stream - -what happens inside the cassette during exposure?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
10 day rule - -women can be X-rayed within 10 days of their last day of menstruation
-abduction - -moving away from the midline
-adduction - -movement toward the midline
-anatomic position - -patient standing erect with the feet together and the palms facing forward
-anode - -positive side of X-ray tube. Will accept
-anterior - -nearer to the front
-AP open mouth - -[cervical]
8x10
40'
chin to occiput
patient facing x-ray tube with mouth open
suspended
-collimation - -restricts the useful X-ray beam to target area spanning adjacent tissue from unnecessary
exposure.
* picture is better when you lessen the focal spot
-collimator - -closes the field of view/ controls size of film
-deep - -farther from the surface
-distal - -farther from the trunk or point of origin
-electromagnetic - -type of energy used to produce X-rays
-exposure time - -how much time between the cathode and the anode
-extension - -Straightening of a joint/ increasing an angle
-flexion - -bending a joint/decreasing the angle
-grid - -stops X-rays at different levels
-inferior - -nearer to the feet
-intensifying stream - -what happens inside the cassette during exposure?
