Question

1. a patient is scheduled for a chest x-ray to check for pneumonia. they will be positioned ______ and the x-ray beam will pass through the ______ plane.

Explanation:

For a chest X - ray to check for pneumonia, the typical patient position is erect (standing) or posterior - anterior (PA) position (erect is common for chest X - rays to assess lung fields, heart size, etc.). The X - ray beam passes through the coronal (front - to - back or anterior - posterior) plane (in PA projection, the X - ray comes from behind the patient and exits through the front, passing through the coronal plane of the chest).

Answer:

The first blank: erect (or posterior - anterior/PA); The second blank: coronal (or anterior - posterior)