An important landmark for determining the central ray location on a PA chest.
What is the vertebra prominens?
An important landmark for determining the CR placement on an AP chest.
What is the juglar notch?
The primary muscle of inspiration.
What is the diaphragm?
A common name for the thyroid cartilage of the larynx.
Part of the digestive system that connects the pharynx with the stomach.
What is the esophagus?
A common name for the larynx.
What is the voice box?
This structure that connects the larynx to the main bronchi; it is sometimes called the windpipe.
What is the trachea?
The area labeled C:
What is the carina?
This side of the lungs has three lobes.
What is the right lung?
Delicate double-walled sac or membrane of the lungs.
What is the pleura?
The area labeled B:
What is the apex?
The potential space between the dobule-walled pleura.
Condition where air or gas is present in the pleural cavity.
What is a pneumothorax?
Condition where fluid is within the pleural cavity.
What is a pleural effusion?
The extreme outermost lower corner of each lung.
What is the costophrenic angle?
The medial portion of the thoracic cavity between the lungs.
What is the mediastinum?
This gland is located behind the upper sternum, it is prominent in infancy and reaches its maximum size at puberty, then gradually decreases in size unitl it almost disappears in adulthood.
What is the thymus gland?
Minimum pairs of ribs that be seen on a full inspiration for a PA chest.
What is 10?
What is 110 to 125 kVp?
Rounded upper area above the level of the clavicles on the lungs.
What is the apex?
Difficult breathing.
What is dyspnea?
Fluid within the lungs.
What is pulmonary edema?
A mechanical obstruction.
What is aspiration?
Persistent obstruction of the airways that usually causes difficulty in emptying the lungs of air.
What is COPD?
SID for chest radiograph.
What is 72 inches?