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C-spine flexion / extension views assess what? - correct answer Anterior and posterior movement or lack of movement due to an injury What does ERCP stand for? - correct answer Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography What is an ERCP used for? - correct answer To investigate biliar...

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C-spine flexion / extension views assess what? - correct answer Anterior and posterior movement or
lack of movement due to an injury



What does ERCP stand for? - correct answer Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography



What is an ERCP used for? - correct answer To investigate biliary tree, CBD, gallbladder and pancreas



Ball catchers view is good to assess what? - correct answer Early stages of Rheumatoid Arthritis



Low blood pressure and dizziness due to standing up too quickly - correct answer Orthostatic
hypertension



What is Shenton's Line? - correct answer An imaginary curved line drawn along the inferior border of
the superior pubic ramus and along the inferomedial border of the neck of femur



What is Shenton's Line used for? - correct answer To evaluate hip pathology



What body part perpendicular to the CR when doing an intercondylar fossa? - correct answer Long axis
of the lower leg (Tib / Fib)



What is the purpose of lateral bending for scoliosis? - correct answer To determine structural change in
early diagnosis



Optimal kVp for a chest? - correct answer 100 - 130 kVp

,How should you adjust CR for a portable Chest X-Ray on a kyphotic patient? - correct answer Angle less
slightly or leave the tube perpendicular so clavicles will be 1" below apices of lung



What is the maximum focal spot size for scaphoid? - correct answer 0.6 mm



What medication may be added to the contrast to prevent a reaction? - correct answer A steroid or
anti-histamine



What test tool is used to test focal spot? - correct answer Slit camera, pinhole camera and star pattern



What does focal spot size effect? - correct answer Penumbra



What does penumbra effect? - correct answer Recorded detail



What is the line focus principle? - correct answer The lower the target angle, the smaller the effective
focal spot size. The higher the target angle, the larger the focal spot size



What is the advantage of line focus principle? - correct answer It provides the detail of a small focal
spot while allowing a large amount of heat dissipation



If the pedicles sit too far posterior on vertebral bodies for an oblique L spine, what does this mean? -
correct answer Too much obliquity



Remember: *PP - too much* (posterior pedicles)



What is a CVP line? - correct answer Used for measuring central venous pressure as well as allowing
nutrients and fluid to be instilled



Best location for a CVP (Central Venous Pressure) Line? - correct answer Brachiocephalic vein or
Superior Vena Cava

,Where does a Swan-Ganz catheter sit? - correct answer The right side of the heart and the arteries
leading to the lungs



What does a Swan-Ganz catheter measure? - correct answer The heart's function and blood flow
pressures in and around the heart



What are Plia circularis? - correct answer The numerous folds of the mucous membrane of the small
intestine



What are the instruments used for sensitometry? - correct answer - Sensitometer (step wedge)

- Densitometer



How often is a sensitometry strip done? - correct answer Daily



What is demonstrated on a 15O degree occipitofrontal view of the sinuses? - correct answer - Frontal
sinuses

- Anterior ethmoidal air cells

- Sphenoid sinuses



Oblique fracture of the base of the first metacarpal? - correct answer Bennett's fracture



An ankle fracture affecting one of the malleoli? - correct answer Pott's fracture



An ankle fracture affecting both of the malleoli? - correct answer Second degree Pott's fracture (bi-
malleolar fracture)



An ankle fracture affecting both of the malleoli and the posterior surface of the tib fractured as well? -
correct answer Third degree Pott's fracture (tri-malleolar fracture)



What is a Compound fracture? - correct answer When the bone has broken through the skin

, What is a Comminuted fracture? - correct answer A fracture with more than two bone fragments



Steps to open a sterile tray? - correct answer - Away

- Left

- Right

- Toward you



An enema bag should be ____ inches or ____ cm above the anus? - correct answer 24 inches or 61 cm



What part of the gown is sterile during surgery? - correct answer Waist to shoulders in the front and
sleeves 2" above the elbow to the cuffs



What is included in a brain CT? - correct answer Base of the skull to cranial apex



What vessel ascends through the cervical transverse foramina? - correct answer The vertebral artery



Can compression be used for microscopic hematuria when doing an IVP (Intravenous Pyelogram) ? -
correct answer Yes



When is compression for IVP contraindicated? - correct answer - Stones

- Abdominal mass

- Trauma

- Aneurysm



Why does excessive rotor prep time lead to wear on x-ray tube? - correct answer Filament vaporization
(gassy tube as well as melting the bearings in the rotor, seized rotor and uneven wear on anode)



When doing c-spine odontoid in collar, what reference line is parallel to the CR? - correct answer IOML



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