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| Do we normally see the adrenals on plain film radiography of the abdomen? |
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| How many views is considered the minimum for rads of the abdomen? |
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| Which views do we do for GI cases? |
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| -Right lateral, Left lateral, VD vies |
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| "Abdominal radiographs should include the entire abdomen." What anatomical features bound the entire abdomen? |
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| -diaphragm to coxofemoral joints |
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| Should abdominal radiographs be taken at inspiration or expiration? |
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| For abdominal radiographs, use a grid if the abdomen is greater than ___cm thick. |
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| What gives us contrast in the abdomen? |
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| Definition: Silhouette sign |
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| -when structures of similar opacities touch each other the margins cannot be distinguished |
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| -when two structures overlap each other, the resulting opacity will be the "sum" of the two individual opacities |
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| Which abdominal organs are normally seen in abdominal radiographs? |
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| -liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, duodenum, jejunum, cecum (dogs), colon, urinary bladder, prostate (dogs only) |
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| Which abdominal organs do we not normally see on abdominal radiographs? |
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| -pancreas (can see left limb in fat cats) , adrenal glands, gallbladder, lymph nodes, ovaries, uterus, ureters, urethra, major vessels |
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| What kind of displacement of the bowel do we often see in obese cats? |
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| -bowel is shifted to the right |
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