7/20/25, 4:45
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RADIOGRAPHIC POSITIONING EXAM ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
GRADED A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (57)
A projection in which the CR skims a tangential
body part is termed:
A patient is lying on her back facing RPO (right posterior oblique)
the x- ray tube. The right side of
her body is
turned 20 degrees toward the image
receptor. What is this radiographic
position?
An upright position with the arms anatomic
abducted, palms forward, and
head forward describes the
_____________position.
A patient is erect facing the IR. The LAO
left side of the body is turned 45
degrees toward the IR. The CR
enters the posterior aspect of the
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body and exits the anterior. What
is this radiographic position?
A longitudinal plane that divides the Midcoronal
body into equal anterior and
posterior parts is the plane.
A patient is erect with the left side Left lateral
directly against the IR. The CR enters
the right side of the body. What is
this radiographic
position?
A position in which the head is lower Trendelenburg
than the feet is:
Of the following positioning actions, Roll shoulders forward
which one will remove the
majority of the
scapulae form the lung fields?
Of the following factors, which one is Patient in erect or decubitus
most crucial to demonstrate position
possible air and
fluid levels in the chest?
Why must the technologist slightly Prevents clavicles from
angle the CR caudad for most AP obscuring apices of the lungs
projections of
2/
11
PM
RADIOGRAPHIC POSITIONING EXAM ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
GRADED A++ 2025/2026
Terms in this set (57)
A projection in which the CR skims a tangential
body part is termed:
A patient is lying on her back facing RPO (right posterior oblique)
the x- ray tube. The right side of
her body is
turned 20 degrees toward the image
receptor. What is this radiographic
position?
An upright position with the arms anatomic
abducted, palms forward, and
head forward describes the
_____________position.
A patient is erect facing the IR. The LAO
left side of the body is turned 45
degrees toward the IR. The CR
enters the posterior aspect of the
1/
11
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PM
body and exits the anterior. What
is this radiographic position?
A longitudinal plane that divides the Midcoronal
body into equal anterior and
posterior parts is the plane.
A patient is erect with the left side Left lateral
directly against the IR. The CR enters
the right side of the body. What is
this radiographic
position?
A position in which the head is lower Trendelenburg
than the feet is:
Of the following positioning actions, Roll shoulders forward
which one will remove the
majority of the
scapulae form the lung fields?
Of the following factors, which one is Patient in erect or decubitus
most crucial to demonstrate position
possible air and
fluid levels in the chest?
Why must the technologist slightly Prevents clavicles from
angle the CR caudad for most AP obscuring apices of the lungs
projections of
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11
