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Question 1

marking of a photographic image of internal structures of body by passing xrays through body to a xray film or radiograph

Answer 1

radiography

Question 2

ability to penetrate matter and depends on the density of that matter

Answer 2

xray

Question 3

absorption of xrays

Answer 3

penetration

Question 4

very dense objects will not allow penetration

Answer 4

white shadow

Question 5

xrays will pass through less dense objects

Answer 5

black shadow

Question 6

form of electromagnetic radiation and produced in an xray tube by focusing a beam of high-energy electrons on to tungsten target

Answer 6

xrays

Question 7

under penetration

Answer 7

white xray

Question 8

over penetration

Answer 8

black xray

Question 9

adequate inspiration

Answer 9

8-9th posterior / 6th anterior rib

Question 10

more than 9 posterior ribs

Answer 10

hyperinflation

Question 11

less than 8 posterior ribs

Answer 11

poor inspiration

Question 12

ball-valve effect ; inflated and stretched on one side

Answer 12

unilateral hyperinflation

Question 13

presence of air

Answer 13

black structures

Question 14

supine ; patients who are debilitated, immobilized, or too young ; taken with a portable xray machine at patients bedside

Answer 14

anterior posterior

Question 15

placed at the 6th anterior rib

Answer 15

diaphragm apex

Question 16

apex projected higher than 4th anterior rib

Answer 16

underaeration

Question 17

apex lower than 8th anterior rib

Answer 17

overaeration

Question 18

having the patient lie on the left or right side

Answer 18

lateral decubitus

Question 19

presence of free pleural fluid and air

Answer 19

horizontal beam

Question 20

shows heart size, mediastinum, and hilar structures

Answer 20

vertical beam

Question 21

appear radiolucent and symmetric in voume

Answer 21

normal lungs

Question 22

branching, linear shadows that taper in size as they extend from hilum t lung periphery

Answer 22

pulmonary vessels

Question 23

empty and collapsed ; visualized only when it contains fluid, air, or soft tissue

Answer 23

pleural space

Question 24

should be distinct

Answer 24

heart borders

Question 25

should be outlined clearly against the lung

Answer 25

diaphragm

Question 26

normal cardiac diameter on an AP radiograph

Answer 26

less than 60% of thoracic diameter

Question 27

visible in majority of newborns

Answer 27

normal thymus

Question 28

assessed on frontal chest radiograph

Answer 28

endotracheal tube

Question 29

tip of ETT

Answer 29

trachea

Question 30

tip of ETT should be visible in this part

Answer 30

clavicles or slightly below

Question 31

measurement of the ETT tip

Answer 31

1.5 cm above carina

Question 32

providing parenteral nutrition and route for suction

Answer 32

naso/oro-gastric tube

Question 33

tip of an NGT or OGT

Answer 33

stomach

Question 34

free air or gas contained within mediastinum

Answer 34

pneumomediastinum

Question 35

presence of air or gas in pleural activity between visceral and parietal pleura

Answer 35

pneumothorax

Question 36

air within pericardium

Answer 36

pneumopericardium

Question 37

abnormal accumulations of fluid in chest cavity

Answer 37

pleural effusion

Question 38

lack of surfactant within immature alveola spaces ; ground-glass appearance

Answer 38

respiratory distress syyndrome

Question 39

demonstrates coarse irregular opacities though out both lungs

Answer 39

meconium aspiration syndrome

Question 40

air-filled bowel loops occupy the left hemithorax, compressing the heart to the opposite side

Answer 40

congenital diaphragmatic hernia