Chapter 2: Chest. Bontrager's RADIOGRAPHIC POSITIONING and RELATED
ANATOMY Questions with Answers
Chest x-ray - correct answersWhat is the most common radiographic procedure?
Chest Thoarax - correct answersWhat is the upper portion of a bodies trunk between the neck and the
abdomen?
Bony thorax
Respiratory system proper
Mediastinum - correct answersRadiographic anatomy of the chest is divided into three sections: These
sections are?
Bony thorax - correct answersis the part of the skeletal system that provides a protective framework for
the parts of the chest involved with breathing and blood circulation.
Thoracic viscera - correct answersis the term used to describe these parts of the chest, consisting of the
lungs and the remaining thoracic organs contained in the mediastinum.
or
is defined as the inner organs in the thoracic cavity
sternum (manubrium, body, xiphoid process) - correct answersWhat are the anterior part of the bony
thorax?
1. manubrium
2. body
3. xiphoid process - correct answersWhat are the 3 division of the sternum?
manubrium - correct answers
, sternum's body - correct answers
xiphoid process - correct answers
The 2 clavicles - correct answersWhat are the 2 part of the bony thorax that is superior?
Sternum - correct answersClavicles is connected to what?
12 thoracic vertebrae - correct answersWhat is the most posteriorly parts of the bony thorax?
vertebra prominens
jugular notch - correct answersFor chest positioning, what are the two topographic landmarks?
seventh cervical vertebra - correct answersVeterbra prominens is also known as
resipiratory - correct answersis the exchange of gaseous between the air we breathe and the
bloodstream.
Larynx
Trachea
Bronchi (left and right brochi)
Lungs - correct answersWhat are the four parts of respiratory system proper?
Hemidiaphragm - correct answersEach half of the diaphragm is called?
decrease - correct answersWhen the thoracic cavity increases its volume (inspiration), what happen
diaphragm? (increase or decrease?)
Pharynx - correct answersis a structure or passageway that is important to the respiratory system
because air must pass through it before entering the respiratory system?
ANATOMY Questions with Answers
Chest x-ray - correct answersWhat is the most common radiographic procedure?
Chest Thoarax - correct answersWhat is the upper portion of a bodies trunk between the neck and the
abdomen?
Bony thorax
Respiratory system proper
Mediastinum - correct answersRadiographic anatomy of the chest is divided into three sections: These
sections are?
Bony thorax - correct answersis the part of the skeletal system that provides a protective framework for
the parts of the chest involved with breathing and blood circulation.
Thoracic viscera - correct answersis the term used to describe these parts of the chest, consisting of the
lungs and the remaining thoracic organs contained in the mediastinum.
or
is defined as the inner organs in the thoracic cavity
sternum (manubrium, body, xiphoid process) - correct answersWhat are the anterior part of the bony
thorax?
1. manubrium
2. body
3. xiphoid process - correct answersWhat are the 3 division of the sternum?
manubrium - correct answers
, sternum's body - correct answers
xiphoid process - correct answers
The 2 clavicles - correct answersWhat are the 2 part of the bony thorax that is superior?
Sternum - correct answersClavicles is connected to what?
12 thoracic vertebrae - correct answersWhat is the most posteriorly parts of the bony thorax?
vertebra prominens
jugular notch - correct answersFor chest positioning, what are the two topographic landmarks?
seventh cervical vertebra - correct answersVeterbra prominens is also known as
resipiratory - correct answersis the exchange of gaseous between the air we breathe and the
bloodstream.
Larynx
Trachea
Bronchi (left and right brochi)
Lungs - correct answersWhat are the four parts of respiratory system proper?
Hemidiaphragm - correct answersEach half of the diaphragm is called?
decrease - correct answersWhen the thoracic cavity increases its volume (inspiration), what happen
diaphragm? (increase or decrease?)
Pharynx - correct answersis a structure or passageway that is important to the respiratory system
because air must pass through it before entering the respiratory system?
