Test 2: Xray Flashcards by jillian Bastidas

Q

what is a radiograph

A

photons emitted, pass through the patient, get attenuated and then hit the detector plate
2D image of a 3D structure

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5 opacities of XRays

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what will be the most white on an xray

A

metal

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as physical density increases what happens to the photons?

A

more photons gets absorbed, less photons make it to xray plate → white

increase in radiopacity

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opposite of radiopacity

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radiolucency

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Xrays are named based on ___

A

which side of the patient is down

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this is right lateral

(right side is on table)

photons go from left to right side

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V→D

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____ structures of the same opacity touch and their margins are lost

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silhouetting

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____ when parts of the patient in different planes are superimposed, the overlapping region of the superimposed objects summate and that region has an increased opacity

A

summation

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example of what

A

silhouetting, margins are blurred between two things with similar opacities

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space overlapped demos what?

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summation

two things overlap and give greater opacity (more white)

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liver

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spleen

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left kidney

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Q

which kidney is more caudal

A

left kidney

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urinary bladder

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Q

the urinary bladder is ventral or dorsal to the rectum?

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ventral

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stomach, cranial abdomen

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small intestines

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Q

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A

colon

Q

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cecum (ilium to ascending colon)

Q

find liver

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Q

find spleen

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find Left kidney

find bladder

find stomach

fundus has gas inside

find colon

find cecum

lung lobes on xray

trachea

find heart

trachea end at the \_\_\_

carina

aorta

caudal vena cava

caudal vena cave comes through what part of the diaphragm?

right crus of the diaphragm ## Footnote The caval foramen is located at the junction of the tendinous and muscular parts of the right side of the diaphragm. The caudal vena cava passes through it.

diaphragm

more cranial cura of diaphragm will be the side that is laying down on R lateral, more cranial crua will be the R cura

left cranial lung lobes

left caudal lung lobes

right cranial lung lobe

right caudal lung lobe

accessory lobe of lung

on right lung

part of lung

trachea

aorta

caudal vena cava

cranial mediastinum

lungs

crus of diaphragm

top of diaphragm

cupula

diaphragm

crus on xray