Radiographic Projections and Body Positions Exam Questions With Correct Answers

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Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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The //direction //or //path //of //the //

x-
ray /
/beam /


/as //it //passes //through //the //patient //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Radiographic //projection




The //radiographic //projection //in //which //the //x-
ray /
/beam /


/enters /


/the /


/posterior /


/side /


/and /


/exits, /


/to //the //film, //through //the //anterior //side //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Posteroanterior //(PA)




The //radiographic //projection //in //which //the //x-
ray /
/beam /


/enters /


/the /

, /anterior /
/side /


/and /


/exits, /


/to //the //film, //through //the //posterior //side //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔anteroposterior //(AP)




Projections /
/that /


/must /


/be //accompanied //by //a //qualifying //term //to //determine //the //direction //of //rotation //- //CORRECT


//ANSWERS(S)✔✔AP //or //PA //oblique //projections




Types /
/of /


/rotation /


/positions /


/in //


a/
/AP /


/or //PA //oblique //projection //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Medial //rotation //or //lateral //rotation




The //radiographic //projection //in //which //the //x-
ray /
/beam //enters //the //medial //side //and //exits, //to //the //film, //through //the //lateral //side //- //CORRECT


//ANSWERS(S)✔✔Mediolateral




The //radiographic //projection //in //which //the //x-
ray /
/beam //enters //the //lateral //side //and //exits, //to //the //film, //through //the //medial //side //- //CORRECT


//ANSWERS(S)✔✔Lateromedial




Position //of //lying //on //the //back, //facing //upward //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Supine