RADIGRAPHIC POSITIONING AND TECHNIQUES EXAM WITH ANS 2024 UPDATE

Chapter 01: Terminology, Positioning, and Imaging Principles
Test Bank


MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. What type of tissue binds together and supports the various structures of the body?
a. Epithelial
b. Connective
c. Muscular
d. Nervous
ANS: B REF: 3

2. The lowest level of structural organization in the human body is the _____ level.
a. molecular
b. cellular
c. chemical
d. atomic
ANS: C REF: 3

3. What type of tissue covers internal and external surfaces of the body?
a. Muscular
b. Connective
c. Nervous
d. Epithelial
ANS: D REF: 3

4. A body system consists of an association of organs that share a common function.
a. True
b. False
ANS: A REF: 3

5. How many individual body systems comprise the human body?
a. 22
b. 13
c. 10
d. 8
ANS: C REF: 3

6. How many separate bones are found in the adult human body?
a. 181
b. 215
c. 206
d. 236
ANS: C REF: 4

7. Which system of the human body is responsible for the elimination of solid waste?
a. Circulatory
b. Respiratory
c. Urinary
d. Digestive
ANS: D REF: 4

8. Which of the following systems of the human body includes all ductless glands of the body?

,11. How many bones are there in the adult axial skeleton?
a. 206
b. 80
c. 54
d. 126
ANS: B REF: 7

12. What is the name of the small oval-shaped bone found in tendons?
a. Wormian
b. Tendinous
c. Irregular bones
d. Sesamoid bones
ANS: D REF: 8

13. Which of the following bones is classified as a long bone?
a. Carpal bone
b. Scapula
c. Cranium
d. Humerus
ANS: D REF: 8

14. What is the name of the dense fibrous membrane that covers bone?
a. Cancellous portion
b. Periosteum
c. Diploë
d. Medullary portion
ANS: B REF: 9

15. Which of the following bones is classified as a short bone?
a. Vertebrae
b. Phalanges (toes)
c. Scapulae
d. Carpal (wrist bones)
ANS: D REF: 9

16. Which of the following is a secondary growth center for endochondral ossification?
a. Diaphysis
b. Epiphyses
c. Metaphysis
d. Articular cartilage
ANS: B REF: 10

17. Which aspect of the long bones is responsible for the production of red blood cells?
a. Compact bone
b. Periosteum
c. Medullary cavity
d. Spongy or cancellous bone
ANS: D REF: 9

18. Examples of “flat” bones are the:
a. calvaria, ribs, scapulae, and sternum.
b. ribs, sternum, patella, and ilia of pelvis.
c. sternum, scapulae, ilia of pelvis, and base of cranium.
d. sternum and ilia of pelvis only.

, 21. The structural term for a freely movable joint is:
a. fibrous.
b. cartilaginous.
c. synovial.
d. gomphosis.
ANS: C REF: 12

22. Which of the following joints displays a “hinge” type of movement?
a. Trochoid
b. Ellipsoidal
c. Sellar
d. Ginglymus
ANS: D REF: 13

23. Which of the following joints is NOT a synovial joint?
a. Skull suture
b. Elbow joint
c. Hip joint
d. Proximal radioulnar joint
ANS: A REF: 12 | 14

24. Which of the following is classified as a sellar joint?
a. Ankle joint
b. Temporomandibular joint
c. Knee joint
d. Intercarpal joint
ANS: A REF: 14

25. Which of the following is classified as a bicondylar joint?
a. Shoulder joint
b. Temporomandibular joint
c. First and second cervical vertebra joint
d. Distal radioulnar joint
ANS: B REF: 14

26. An upright position with the arms abducted, palms forward, and head forward describes the _____ pos
a. anteroposterior (AP)
b. decubitus
c. anatomic
d. oblique
ANS: C REF: 15

27. A representation of the patient’s anatomic structures that can be obtained, viewed, manipulated, and sto
for:
a. radiograph.
b. radiography.
c. radiographic image.
d. radiographic examination.
ANS: C REF: 15

28. The vertical plane that divides the body into right and left halves describes the _____ plane.
a. coronal
b. median or midsagittal

c. longitudinal