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POSITIONING- RADIOGRAPHIC TEST REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
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POSITIONING- RADIOGRAPHIC TESTREVIEW QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
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A patient is lying on her back facing the x-ray tube. The right side of her body is turned
20° toward the image receptor. What is this radiographic position? - Answer-RPO
A patient is erect with the left side directly against the image receptor. The central ray
(CR) enters the right side of the body. What is this radiographic position? - Answer-left
lateral
A patient is erect facing the x-ray tube and leaning the shoulders backward 20° to 30°
toward the IR. The central ray is perpendicular to the IR. What specific position has
been performed - Answer-lordotic
"Oblique" positions are always named according to the side of the patient that is: -
Answer-closest to the IR
What type of projection is created with the CR directed along or parallel to the long axis
of a structure or anatomic part? - Answer-axial
When there is longitudinal angulation of the central ray with the long axis of the body,
the projection will always use the term - Answer-axial
A patient is lying on her back. The x-ray tube is horizontally directed with the CR
entering the right side of the body. The image receptor is adjacent to the left side of the
body. What is the radiographic position? - Answer-dorsal decubitus
The patient is lying on her right side on a cart. The anterior surface of the patient is
against the image receptor. A horizontal central ray enters the posterior surface and
exits the anterior surface of the body. What specific projection/position has been
performed? - Answer-Right lateral decubitus
A patient is erect with the left side of his chest placed against the image receptor. The
central ray enters the right side of the upper chest and exits the left. Which specific
position has been performed? - Answer-Transthoracic lateral
A patient is erect facing the image receptor. The left side of the body is turned 45°
toward the image receptor. The CR enters the posterior aspect of the body and exits the
anterior. What is this radiographic position? - Answer-LAO
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