Rads Review of the Week Answers – Week 1

1.Which tissue has the least absorption of x-ray beam?

AIR

2. What is the name of the entity described here: “The joint surfaces are no longer congruous but the articular surface of one bone maintains some contact with the articular surface of the adjacent bone.”

SUBLUXATION

3. How would you describe a fracture that has shortening of the bone without loss of alignment?

IMPACTION

4. What is the best description of the deformity pictured below?

IMPACTION

5. What is the best description of the following fracture?

OBLIQUE