Application: Read the following documentation, and select the correct term into each blank.
1. You are the Medical Assistant working for Dr. Liu, at Fulwood Medical Center.
2. This afternoon, Melissa Ryan came to Dr. Liu's with her 2-year-old son, Cade.
3. Sylvia suspected that Cade had swallowed a penny and was concerned that the coin was lodged in Cade's windpipe, also called the trachea.
4. After obtaining a brief patient history and physical exam, Dr. Liu ordered an AP (anteroposterior) X-ray to determine the location of the coin.
5. The radiology technician took Cade to the radiology department and performed the X-ray.
6. In an AP chest X-ray, the beam will be directed from front to back, as it travels from the source toward the receiver.
7. The coin is radiopaque and will appear as a white, circular object because the X-rays do not pass through it.