Procedures - Thorax and Abdomen

Question 1

What is the name of the plane that divides the body into left and right halves?

Answer 1

Midsagittal

Question 2

What is the Valsalva maneuver?

Answer 2

Take a deep breath and straining down

Question 3

What does the root word “Angie” mean?

Answer 3

Vessel

Question 4

The majority of food digestion takes place where?

Answer 4

Small intestine

Question 5

What does the term “ileus” mean?

Answer 5

Intestinal Obstruction

Question 6

What does Pneumothorax mean?

Answer 6

Air in the pleural space causing a collapsed lung

Question 7

What does hemothorax mean?

Answer 7

Blood in the pleural cavity

Question 8

What is Atelectasis?

Answer 8

Partial collapse of the lung

Question 9

What is a pleural effusion?

Answer 9

When fluid collects in the pleural space

Question 10

What duct transports bile from the gallbladder?

Answer 10

Cystic duct

Question 11

What artery does NOT originate from the aortic arch?

Answer 11

Right subclavian

Question 12

What allows the diaphragm to descend into its most inferior position?

Answer 12

Erect, Inspiration

Question 13

What is pneumonia?

Answer 13

Acute inflammation of the lungs

Question 14

What plane divides the body into anterior and posterior halves?

Answer 14

Midcoronal Plane

Question 15

What position best demonstrates the pylorus and duodenal loop?

Answer 15

RAO

Question 16

What is mononucleosis?

Answer 16

Disease that affects the lymphoid tissue

Question 17

What is hypersthenic?

Answer 17

Large, wide body habitus
Stomach lies more superior and horizontal than average?

Question 18

What projection best demonstrates a hiatal hernia?

Answer 18

AP

Question 19

What position is used to demonstrate air fluid levels in the abdomen?

Answer 19

Left lateral decubitus
(patient lying on their left side)

Question 20

What is the name of the gastric mucosal lining of the stomach?

Answer 20

Rugae

Question 21

The right bronchus divides into how many branches?

Answer 21

3 branches, one to each of the lobes of the right lung

Question 22

What are the main branches of the trachea called?

Answer 22

Bronchi

Question 23

How does a negative contrast agent appear on a radiograph?

Answer 23

Less dense than the surrounding tissue
-Negative agents are radiolucent ex: air, CO2

Question 24

What is the medical name for twisting or kinking of the bowl?

Answer 24

Volvulus

Question 25

Why is the shortest possible exposure time necessary for a chest radiograph?

Answer 25

To eliminate heart motion

Question 26

What organ is located in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen?

Answer 26

Gallbladder

Question 27

What level does the umbilicus lie at?

Answer 27

L3-L4

Question 28

What is Dysuria?

Answer 28

Painful Urination

Question 29

List the portions of the small intestine from proximal to distal

Answer 29

Duodenum Jejunum Ileum

Question 30

Where is Henle's Loop located?

Answer 30

Kidney

Question 31

How many pairs of ribs are there?

Answer 31

12

Question 32

How many ribs are considered "true ribs"?

Answer 32

7

Question 33

What does deglutition mean?

Answer 33

The swallowing of food

Question 34

A patient that is lacking the substance in the blood for clotting is suffering from what condition?

Answer 34

Hemophilia

Question 35

What is the term for a dilated area in a weakened blood vessel producing a sac like bulge?

Answer 35

Aneurysm

Question 36

What organ lies within the duodenal loop?

Answer 36

Pancreas

Question 37

What does the root Pyel mean?

Answer 37

Renal Pelvis

Question 38

When radiographing the sternum, what oblique is preferred?

Answer 38

RAO

Question 39

What term describes a tumor and means "new growth?"

Answer 39

Neoplasm

Question 40

What describes an unusual amount of fluid in the peritoneal cavity?

Answer 40

Ascites

Question 41

What is a blood clot that has formed within a vessel?

Answer 41

Thrombus

Question 42

What serves as a common passage way for food and air?

Answer 42

Pharynx

Question 43

The aorta rises from which chamber of the heart?

Answer 43

Left ventricle

Question 44

What is Cystitis?

Answer 44

Inflammation of the bladder

Question 45

How many ribs should be showing above the diaphragm on a PA chest radiograph on deep inspiration?

Answer 45

10

Question 46

What is Tachycardia?

Answer 46

Rapid beating of the heart

Question 47

What is the purpose of the thoracic duct?

Answer 47

Conveys lymph into the left subclavian vein