Bontrager Chapters 19 & 20 Questions and Answers With Verified Solutions
2025
The wrist should be placed into the pronated PA position for a long bone study of the upper limb. -
✔✔False (should be Supinated)
What is the breast classification of a 35-year-old woman without children? - ✔✔Fibroglandular
PET detects breast cancer by measuring the increased metabolism of ____ by cancerous cells. -
✔✔Sugar
How is the breast positioned for the mediolateral oblique projection? - ✔✔Drawn anterior and medial
away from chest wall
The proximal femur and the lumbar spine are preferred sites for central/axial analysis for bone density. -
✔✔True
Computed radiography has lower operating costs over film-screen mammography imaging. - ✔✔True
The most common projections performed as routine or basic projectionsthroughout the United States
and Canada are: - ✔✔CC and MLO
What are contraindications for a bone densitometry precedure? - ✔✔Bone mass that is too low,
Pregnancy, Nuclear medicine study within a week (Childbearing age is not a contraindication)
Ten to 20 pounds of compression of the breast is typically used during mammography. - ✔✔False
Which of the following techniques is (are) commonly used for assessment of fracture risk? -
✔✔Quantitative CT QCT
Dual energy absorptiometry DXA, Quantitative ultrasonometry QUS
2025
The wrist should be placed into the pronated PA position for a long bone study of the upper limb. -
✔✔False (should be Supinated)
What is the breast classification of a 35-year-old woman without children? - ✔✔Fibroglandular
PET detects breast cancer by measuring the increased metabolism of ____ by cancerous cells. -
✔✔Sugar
How is the breast positioned for the mediolateral oblique projection? - ✔✔Drawn anterior and medial
away from chest wall
The proximal femur and the lumbar spine are preferred sites for central/axial analysis for bone density. -
✔✔True
Computed radiography has lower operating costs over film-screen mammography imaging. - ✔✔True
The most common projections performed as routine or basic projectionsthroughout the United States
and Canada are: - ✔✔CC and MLO
What are contraindications for a bone densitometry precedure? - ✔✔Bone mass that is too low,
Pregnancy, Nuclear medicine study within a week (Childbearing age is not a contraindication)
Ten to 20 pounds of compression of the breast is typically used during mammography. - ✔✔False
Which of the following techniques is (are) commonly used for assessment of fracture risk? -
✔✔Quantitative CT QCT
Dual energy absorptiometry DXA, Quantitative ultrasonometry QUS
