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AHN 568 Unit 5 Chest X-Ray Interpretation Practice Questions and Answers 100% Pass This view is the standard view for chest x-rays requiring the patient to stand erect, happens in the radiology department, and detector to be at least 6 feet away. - ANSWER-PA View The PA view has the patients f...

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AHN 568 Unit 5 Chest X-Ray Interpretation
Practice Questions and Answers 100% Pass


This view is the standard view for chest x-rays requiring the patient to

stand erect, happens in the radiology department, and detector to be at

least 6 feet away. - ANSWER✔✔-PA View


The PA view has the patients front or back placed against the x-ray film? -

ANSWER✔✔-Front


In the PA view the x-ray bean tranverses the patient


A) from back to front


B) from front to back


C) from right to left


D) from left to right - ANSWER✔✔-A - from back to front.


The PA view causes the cardiac silhouette to appear larger than the AP

view. True or false? - ANSWER✔✔-False - the heart appears larger in the

AP view b/c it is further away from the film and casts a larger shadow.

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,This view is used for patients who are sick and unable to stand for their

chest x-ray.


A) lateral


B) posterior anterior


C) anterior posterior


D) oblique - ANSWER✔✔-AP


The AP film has more magnification and is less sharp b/c these films are

performed with a portable machine at the bedside and the beam cannot be

6 feet away. True or false - ANSWER✔✔-True


Compared to the PA view the AP view is less sharp with more

magnification. True or False - ANSWER✔✔-True


With the lateral view, which side is typically placed against the x-ray film.

The right or left? - ANSWER✔✔-Left


The lateral view is useful in evaluating structures in the lung fields and

anterior mediastinum. True or false? - ANSWER✔✔-False. The lateral view




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, is best for viewing objects in the posterior mediastinum and retrocardiac

spaces.


The best view used to evaluate small pleural effusions is the


A) AP


B) PA


C) lateral


D) oblique - ANSWER✔✔-lateral view b/c it shows the deepest aspects of

the costophrenic angles not that are not visible on the AP or PA view.


With a typical lateral film, a nodule on the right would appear larger or

smaller than an identical sized nodule on the left. - ANSWER✔✔-larger b/c

it is further away from the film and casts a larger shadow. (more

magnification, less sharp image)


When viewing the AP or PA Chest x-ray image, a nodule that appears on

the right is actually located on the patients


A) right


B) left


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