The organ most responsible for the metabolism of sugar and the maintenance of blood sugar levels is the

The distance between the center of one pixel to the center of an adjacent pixel is the:

IMAGE PRODUCTION Section (50 Questions)

The hard palate is formed by the __________________ bones.            1.  Maxilla            2.  Palatine            3.  Ethmoid

In order to prevent the medial femoral condyle from obscuring the joint in the lateral projection of the knee, which of the following should be employed?

A patient suffering from orthopnea or dyspnea would experience the least discomfort in which body position?

The photoelectric effect is more likely to occur with                        1.  absorbers having a high Z number                        2.  high energy incident photons                        3.  positive contrast media

A patient having an adverse reaction to a contrast media and suffering from nausea, flushing, hyperventilation, and urticaria should be treated with

An object measuring 14 cm in length is radiographed at a 100 cm source-to-image receptor distance and a 40 cm object-to-image receptor distance.  The corresponding image of the object would measure:

The loss of energy by an electron as it passes by a tungsten atom in the target of the x-ray tube results in the production of: