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The AP Supine projection of the stomach will place barium in the______ of the stomach. 

Which of the following is not part of a colonic motility study? 

To best demonstrate the emptying of the stomach into the small intestine and the duodenal bulb in profile, the patient should be radiographed in an _______ position. 

Most esophagram exams begin with the patient: 

What is the meaning of deglutition: 

Name the structure that naturally protects the patient from aspiration: 

**** Extra Credit Question (1 point)****  This image is an unacceptable Left Lateral Knee radiograph and demonstrates the fibula free of superimposition of the tibia.  What body positioning correction needs to be made to properly align the condyles of the knee on the repeat exposure?    

A twisting of the intestine on its own mesentery is termed: 

You are attending to a 27-year-old male driver of a car. According to his passenger, the patient had been acting strangely while driving, then slumped forward against the steering wheel, apparently unconscious. The car drove off the road and struck a telephone pole. The patient remains unconscious, and physical assessment reveals only a large hematoma on his right forehead with no other physical signs. Your patient is a diabetic who had been under a lot of stress lately and may have missed meals. This is an example of a:

Toward which aspect(s) of the stomach will barium gravitate with the patient in a supine position?