An AP axial cervical projection with poor positioning demonstrates obscured intervertebral disk spaces and each vertebra's spinous process within its vertebral body. How was the positioning setup mispositioned for such a projection to be obtained?
A) The patient was rotated toward the right side.
B) The central ray was angled too caudally.
C) The patient's head was tilted.
D) The central ray was angled too cephalically.

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The central ray was angled too caudally, causing the spinous processes to appear within their vertebral bodies and obscuring the intervertebral disk spaces.

An AP Axial Cervical Projection with Poor Positioning Demonstrates Obscured