Chapter 16 Questions

The veterinarian wants you to take a modified lateral of a golden retriever. The hind limbs should be:

Pulled as cranially as possible without causing rotation of the body off the table

The veterinarian asks you to complete a ventrodorsal abdominal view with a horizontal beam. If the patient is lying on its right side, this view is properly termed:

Right decubitus

The veterinarian asks you to image a beagle in which he suspects peritonitis. You do have an adjustable tube head unit. In order to properly evaluate whether there is fluid in the abdomen, you should place your patient in:

Right later recumbency and utilize a horizontal beam

The normal radiographic views of the abdomen are generally the:

Right lateral and ventrodorsal

You are ready to take the image and are breathing with your with your patient so that you will properly depress the exposure button during this VD canine abdomen at:

The end of expiration

The veterinarian had asked you to apply gentle pressure in this VD abdomen with a wooden paddle to isolate what she suspects might be a tumor. You do so and find the radiograph is darker with less contrast than your original one without any applied pressure. This is because you used"

The same setting for both images

To ensure symmetry in your final ventrodorsal radiograph of the abdomen:

The wings of the ilium are symmetrical

In a right lateral view as opposed to a left lateral abdomen:

There is greater longitudinal separation of the kidneys

How should the hindlimbs be positioned for a regular right lateral abdomen view?

Both limbs should be pulled slightly caudally and superimposed

A VD abdomen radiograph is required for a Doberman pinscher. The head is best placed toward the:

Cathode

You have collimated for this VD radiograph 1 inch cranial to the xiphoid of the sternum and have included the coxofemoral joints. This is:

Correct because the VD should include these peripheral borders

The veterinarian asks you to complete a series of abdominal radiographs. You inadvertently forgot the markers. The image in front of you shows the duodenum, pyloric antrum, and distal body of the stomach filled with gas and the axis of the stomach appearing vertical. This view is likely a:

Left lateral

When measuring and centering for a ventrodorsal abdomen of a Cocker Spaniel, you should:

Measure and center over the caudal aspect of the 13th rib

Normal preparation of routine abdominal radiographs generally include:

No fasting or an enema

The settings for your 12-cm abdomen of a bulldog that will not be sedated are 60kV and 10 mAs. You are best to use:

400 mA and 1/40 of a second