Cervical & Thoracic Spine Test IA
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
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For an AP axial cervical projection, the
1. mandibular angles, mastoid tips, and shoulders are positioned at equal
distances from the IR.
2. central ray is angled 15-20 degrees cephalically
3. OML is aligned perpendicular to the IR
4. long axis of the cervical vertebra is aligned with the short axis of the
collimated field. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1&2
An AP axial cervical projection with accurate positioning demonstrates
,1. each vertebra's spinous processes within the inferior adjoining vertebral
body.
2. open intervertebral disk spaces.
3. the spinous processes aligned with the midline of the cervical bodies.
4. the second cervical vertebra in its entirety. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔2&3
An AP axial cervical projection obtained with the patient rotated toward the
right side demonstrates
1. the spinous processes positioned closer to the left side of the vertebral
bodies
2. closed intervertebral joint spaces
3. elongation of the uncinate processes
4. the left SC superimposed over the vertebral column - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔1&4
An AP axial cervical projection with poor positioning demonstrates
obscured intervertebral disk spaces and each vertebra's spinous process
, within its vertebral body. How was the positioning setup mispositioned for
such a projection to be obtained?
A. The patient was rotated toward the right side
B. The central ray was angled too caudally
C. the patient's head was tilted
D. The central ray was angled too cephalically - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔B.
An AP axial cervical projection obtained using too much cephalic central
ray angulations demonstrates
1. elongated uncinate processes
2. obscured intervertebral disk spaces
3. each vertebra's spinous process within the inferior adjoining vertebral
body
4. undistorted vertebra bodies - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1, 2, & 3
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2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
| 100% Solved
For an AP axial cervical projection, the
1. mandibular angles, mastoid tips, and shoulders are positioned at equal
distances from the IR.
2. central ray is angled 15-20 degrees cephalically
3. OML is aligned perpendicular to the IR
4. long axis of the cervical vertebra is aligned with the short axis of the
collimated field. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1&2
An AP axial cervical projection with accurate positioning demonstrates
,1. each vertebra's spinous processes within the inferior adjoining vertebral
body.
2. open intervertebral disk spaces.
3. the spinous processes aligned with the midline of the cervical bodies.
4. the second cervical vertebra in its entirety. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔2&3
An AP axial cervical projection obtained with the patient rotated toward the
right side demonstrates
1. the spinous processes positioned closer to the left side of the vertebral
bodies
2. closed intervertebral joint spaces
3. elongation of the uncinate processes
4. the left SC superimposed over the vertebral column - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔1&4
An AP axial cervical projection with poor positioning demonstrates
obscured intervertebral disk spaces and each vertebra's spinous process
, within its vertebral body. How was the positioning setup mispositioned for
such a projection to be obtained?
A. The patient was rotated toward the right side
B. The central ray was angled too caudally
C. the patient's head was tilted
D. The central ray was angled too cephalically - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔B.
An AP axial cervical projection obtained using too much cephalic central
ray angulations demonstrates
1. elongated uncinate processes
2. obscured intervertebral disk spaces
3. each vertebra's spinous process within the inferior adjoining vertebral
body
4. undistorted vertebra bodies - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1, 2, & 3
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