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CAMRT Exam Questions and answers || verifiedanswers graded A+|| latest update 2024/2025
C-spine flexion / extension views assess what? - CORRECT ANSWER
: Anterior and posterior movement or lack of movement due to an injury
What does ERCP stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER : Endoscopic
retrograde cholangiopancreatography
What is an ERCP used for? - CORRECT ANSWER : To investigate
biliary tree, CBD, gallbladder and pancreas
Ball catchers view is good to assess what? - CORRECT ANSWER :
Early stages of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Low blood pressure and dizziness due to standing up too quickly -
CORRECT ANSWER : Orthostatic hypertension
What is Shenton's Line? - CORRECT ANSWER : An imaginary
curved line drawn along the inferior border of the superior pubic ramus
and along the inferomedial border of the neck of femur
,What is Shenton's Line used for? - CORRECT ANSWER : To evaluate
hip pathology
What body part perpendicular to the CR when doing an intercondylar
fossa? - CORRECT ANSWER : Long axis of the lower leg (Tib / Fib)
What is the purpose of lateral bending for scoliosis? - CORRECT
ANSWER : To determine structural change in early diagnosis
Optimal kVp for a chest? - CORRECT ANSWER : 100 - 130 kVp
How should you adjust CR for a portable Chest X-Ray on a kyphotic
patient? - CORRECT ANSWER : Angle less slightly or leave the tube
perpendicular so clavicles will be 1" below apices of lung
What is the maximum focal spot size for scaphoid? - CORRECT
ANSWER : 0.6 mm
What medication may be added to the contrast to prevent a reaction? -
CORRECT ANSWER : A steroid or anti-histamine
What test tool is used to test focal spot? - CORRECT ANSWER : Slit
camera, pinhole camera and star pattern
What does focal spot size effect? - CORRECT ANSWER : Penumbra
,What does penumbra effect? - CORRECT ANSWER : Recorded detail
What is the line focus principle? - CORRECT ANSWER : The lower
the target angle, the smaller the effective focal spot size. The higher the
target angle, the larger the focal spot size
What is the advantage of line focus principle? - CORRECT ANSWER
: It provides the detail of a small focal spot while allowing a large
amount of heat dissipation
If the pedicles sit too far posterior on vertebral bodies for an oblique L
spine, what does this mean? - CORRECT ANSWER : Too much
obliquity
Remember: *PP - too much* (posterior pedicles)
What is a CVP line? - CORRECT ANSWER : Used for measuring
central venous pressure as well as allowing nutrients and fluid to be
instilled
Best location for a CVP (Central Venous Pressure) Line? - CORRECT
ANSWER : Brachiocephalic vein or Superior Vena Cava
Where does a Swan-Ganz catheter sit? - CORRECT ANSWER : The
right side of the heart and the arteries leading to the lungs
, What does a Swan-Ganz catheter measure? - CORRECT ANSWER :
The heart's function and blood flow pressures in and around the heart
What are Plia circularis? - CORRECT ANSWER : The numerous folds
of the mucous membrane of the small intestine
What are the instruments used for sensitometry? - CORRECT
ANSWER : - Sensitometer (step wedge)
- Densitometer
How often is a sensitometry strip done? - CORRECT ANSWER :
Daily
What is demonstrated on a 15O degree occipitofrontal view of the
sinuses? - CORRECT ANSWER : - Frontal sinuses
- Anterior ethmoidal air cells
- Sphenoid sinuses
Oblique fracture of the base of the first metacarpal? - CORRECT
ANSWER : Bennett's fracture
An ankle fracture affecting one of the malleoli? - CORRECT
ANSWER : Pott's fracture
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