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Chest Review

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What is the correct anatomic name for the Adams apple   Laryngeal prominence  
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What is the name for the structure that serves as a lid over the larynx to prevent aspiration of food or fluid?   Epiglottis  
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The internal prominence or ridge in which the trachea bifurcates   carina  
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The inner layer of pleura that encloses the lungs and heart   pulmonary pleura  
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What is not a mediastinal structure? Thymus, Aorta, Trachea, Epiglottis   Epiglottis  
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The laryngeal prominence is located at   C-5  
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The heart is located at   T5-8  
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The asthenic body type makes up _____ of the population   10%  
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Which body type require the IR to be placed crosswise (Landscape)   Hypersthenic  
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The definition of aspiration is   Inhaled foreign body or food in the lungs  
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A general rule states that radiographic grids must be used in chest radiography for   Exposures of 100 KVP or greater  
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If a PA chest xray only shows seven ribs what can you do to see more ribs   Take exposure on 2nd deep inspiration  
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What is the disadvantage of an AP over a PA chest xray?   Magnification of the heart  
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What critical factor is shown on erect chest and abdominal xrays?   Air and Fluid levels  
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How can you tell if a PA chest xray is rotated?   Look at the sterno-clavicular joints. They should be equidistant from the spine.  
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What can the technologist do to remove the scapula from the lung fields?   roll the shoulders forward  
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Scoliosis and Kyphosis can produce asymmetry on a chest xray. True or False?   True  
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For the average female chest xray the CR should be about ____ inches below the vertebral prominens   Seven  
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