Chest and Abdomen
100 POINTS: The appendix is located in this quadrant.
ANSWER: What is RLQ?
100 POINTS: The CR for a PA hand.
ANSWER: What is at the 3rd MCP joint?
100 POINTS: This is the CR for a Medial Oblique Foot.
ANSWER: What is the base of the 3rd metatarsal?
100 POINTS: This is the most superior portion of the ribs.
ANSWER: What are the posterior ribs?
100 POINTS: How many bones are in the adult human skeleton?
ANSWER: What is 206?
200 POINTS: Blood vessels surrounded by air-filled alveolar sacs
ANSWER: What is pulmonary markings?
200 POINTS: These are the three angles of the scapula.
ANSWER: What are Lateral, Superior, and Inferior?
200 POINTS: This malleolus is most posterior when standing in anatomic position.
ANSWER: What is the lateral malleolus?
200 POINTS: This is another name for the manubrial notch.
ANSWER: What is the jugular notch?
200 POINTS: The largest bone in the body.
ANSWER: What is the femur?
300 POINTS: This is involuntary motion of the bowel.
ANSWER: What is peristalsis?
300 POINTS: The type of joint movement that occurs in a hinge joint.
ANSWER: What is flexion or extension?
300 POINTS: This radiograph will best demonstrate the distal talofibular joint.
ANSWER: What is the 15 - 20 degree medial oblique ankle (mortise ankle)?
300 POINTS: The breathing technique for lower ribs.
ANSWER: What is hold on the 2nd full expiration?
300 POINTS: The part of the trachea where the two main stem bronchi separate.
ANSWER: What is the carina?
400 POINTS: These are comparison procedures that are done to demonstrate pneumothorax.
ANSWER: What is inspiration and expiration PA CXR?
400 POINTS: This carpal bone should be included on all 1st digit images.
ANSWER: What is the trapezium?
400 POINTS: This is the CR angle for an AP knee when the hip measures 25cm.
ANSWER: What is a 5 degree cephalic angle?
400 POINTS: This is the CR location for the Unilateral Oblique Lower Ribs.
ANSWER: What is at the MSP at the level of the midpoint between the xiphoid process and the lower rib margin?
400 POINTS: The most inferior portion of the sternum.
ANSWER: What is the xiphoid process?
500 POINTS: This is the CR for an AP Upright Abdomen.
ANSWER: What is 2 inches above the iliac crest at MSP?
500 POINTS: This is the most common site for fractures of the proximal humerus.
ANSWER: What is the surgical neck?
500 POINTS: This is the projection that best demonstrates the arch of the foot.
ANSWER: What is Latero-Medial Weight-Bearing Foot?
500 POINTS: These 2 comparable oblique positions will elongate the left ribs and foreshorten the right ribs.
ANSWER: What is LPO and RAO?
500 POINTS: This should NOT be visible (or barely visible) on an AP Pelvis radiograph.
ANSWER: What are the lesser trochanters?
600 POINTS: Exposure factors (kVp range) for a PA Upright Chest X-ray.
ANSWER: What is 110-120 kVp?
600 POINTS: This is the most commonly fractured carpal bone.
ANSWER: What is the scaphoid?
600 POINTS: This is the small prominence on the posterior aspect of the medial condyle used as a landmark for rotation errors.
ANSWER: What is the adductor tubercle?
600 POINTS: The correct rotation for an RAO sternum.
ANSWER: What is 15-20 degrees?
600 POINTS: The number of metacarpals.
ANSWER: What is 5?
700 POINTS: The inner layer of the sac that lines the abdominopelvic cavity.
ANSWER: What is visceral peritoneum?
700 POINTS: This is the CR angulation for the Stecher Method.
ANSWER: What is 20 degrees towards the elbow?
700 POINTS: This is the palpable lateral tuberosity on the foot that is used for positioning and is a common site of fractures.
ANSWER: What is the base of the 5th metatarsal?
700 POINTS: These are the 3 articular facets located on the head of a rib.
ANSWER: What is superior, inferior, tubercle?
700 POINTS: The appendicular skeletal system has this many bones.
ANSWER: What is 126?
800 POINTS: The procedure done when a patient cannot sit or stand upright to rule out pneumoperitoneum.
ANSWER: What is a left lateral decubitus abdomen?
800 POINTS: This is the CR angulation for the Gaynor-Hart Method.
ANSWER: What is 25 - 30 degrees towards the elbow?
800 POINTS: This is the largest foramen in the adult skeletal system.
ANSWER: What is the obturator foramen?
800 POINTS: Each rib articulates with these two portions of the associated vertebrae?
ANSWER: What is the vertebral body and transverse process?
800 POINTS: The number of ankle bones.
ANSWER: What is 7?
900 POINTS: The pathologic accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity.
ANSWER: What is ascites?
900 POINTS: This is best demonstrated on an external oblique elbow.
ANSWER: What is the radial head, neck, and tuberosity?
900 POINTS: This is the bony landmark that is the most inferior aspect of the posterior pelvis.
ANSWER: What is the ischial tuberosity?
900 POINTS: The SID for AP/PA Bilateral Ribs.
ANSWER: What is 72”?
900 POINTS: The total number of vertebrae in the adult human skeleton.
ANSWER: What is 24?
1000 POINTS: Why is a LEFT lateral the routine lateral for a Chest Series?
ANSWER: To minimize magnification of the heart?
1000 POINTS: The lesser tubercle is best demonstrated in this radiograph.
ANSWER: What is the AP shoulder internal rotation?
1000 POINTS: This best demonstrates metatarsals #3 - #5 free of superimposition.
ANSWER: What is the AP foot with 30º medial / internal oblique rotation?
1000 POINTS: The CR for the RAO sternum.
ANSWER: What is 2.5 cm (1") to the left of the MSP at the level of midsternum?
1000 POINTS: The axial skeletal system has this many bones.
ANSWER: What is 80?