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Positioning
Pathology
Anatomy
Misc.
Terminology
100
PA & LAT
What is the routine chest exam?
100
Atelectasis
What is a collapsed lung?
100
Apex
What is the upper portion of the lung?
100
3
How many lobes are n the right lung?
100
Supine
What is lying on the back?
200
Apical Lordotic
What view shows the apices of the lungs without bony superimposition?
200
Pneumothorax
What is air in the pleural cavity?
200
Costophrenic angles
What are the inferior lateral corners of the lungs?
200
Heart, great vessels, trachea and esophagus
What is located in the mediastinum?
200
AP
What is facing the image receptor?
300
Midsagittal plane at T7
Where does the central ray enter for a PA view of the chest?
300
Pneumonia
What is inflammation of the lung?
300
Cardiophrenic angles
What are the inferior medial corners of the lungs?
300
High kVp, high mA and short exposure time
What is the desirable technique for a chest radiograph?
300
Prone
What is lying face down?
400
Minimize the cardiac silhouette
Why is the left side placed next to the IR for the lateral view of the chest?
400
Tuberculosis
What is an infectious lung disease?
400
Great vessels
What carries blood to and from the heart?
400
Pneumoconiosis
What is an inflammatory occupational lung disease caused by inhaling irritating dust?
400
PA
What is facing the radiographic tube?
500
Rotating the shoulders anteriorly.
What is done to rotate the scapula out of the lung field
500
Emphysema
What is obstruction and destruction of the small airways and aveoli?
500
Cardiac notch
What is the indentation located on the medial inferior side of the left lung?
500
2
How many lobes are in the left lung?
500
Decubitus
What is lying recumbent on the side of interest?