Abdomen
Thorax I
Thorax II
100
This is where you measure and center for abdominal radiographs.
What is the last rib in dogs and 2 fingerbreadths caudal to the last rib in cats?
100
This is where you measure and center for thoracic radiographs.
What is the caudal border of the scapula?
100
This is what you should do with the front limbs for a thoracic radiograph.
What is pull them cranially?
200
The phase of respiration when abdominal films should be taken.
What is expiration?
200
The phase of respiration when thoracic films should be taken.
What is inspiration?
200
Doing this with the head helps keep your patient straight when performing radiographs.
What is holding it between the front limbs with the nose pointing up?
300
These things should be done prior to placing the patient on the table for abdominal radiographs.
What is measure the patient, set the exposure, place the cassette in the bucky tray?
300
The view that should be taken when your patient is in respiratory distress.
What is DV?
300
These are the views that should be taken if you are checking for metastasis in a cancer patient.
What is right and left lateral and VD?
400
These are the cranial and caudal borders for an abdominal radiograph.
What is the eight rib to the femoral head?
400
These are the views that should be taken if heart disease is suspected.
What is right lateral and DV?
400
These 2 different ways of taking a thoracic radiograph are helpful when determining if a patient has free fluid or air in the chest cavity.
What is standing or decubital?
500
The lateral view taken when we are assessing the pylorus in a vomiting patient.
What is left lateral?
500
The views that should be taken if lung disease is suspected.
What is left and right lateral and VD?
500
The vertebral heart score involves measuring the heart and comparing it to this.
What is the vertebra that are just dorsal to the heart, starting at T4?
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