PROJECTIONS
THE PROJECTION THAT BEST DEMONSTRATES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN C1-C2.
WHAT IS...AP OPEN MOUTH
THE SID USED FOR A LATERAL C-SPINE.
WHAT IS...72 INCHES
THESE FORM THE IFV'S JOINTS.
WHAT IS...THE SUPERIOR AND ARTICULAR NOTCHES
PATIENT COMES IN WITH A KNIFE STICKING OUT OF THE POSTERIOR ASPECT OF THE NECK. THE RADIOGRAPHER HAS TO PERFORM _____ OBLIQUES.
WHAT IS...ANTERIOR
THE LANDMARK FOR THE GONION.
WHAT IS...C3
THE CR ANGLE FOR THE POSTERIOR OBLIQUE C-SPINE.
WHAT IS...15-20 DEGREE CEPHALAD ANGLE
THE CR ANGLE AND DIRECTION FOR AN AP AXIAL C-SPINE.
WHAT IS...15-20 DEGREES CEPHALIC
THIS FEATURE OF THE SPINOUS PROCESS MAKES THE C-SPINE UNIQUE COMPARED TO THE OTHER VERTEBRAE.
WHAT ARE...BIFID TIPS
THE DOCTOR REQUESTED THESE PROJECTIONS PRIOR TO SURGERY TO TEST FUNCTIONALITY.
WHAT IS...HYPERFLEXION AND HYPEREXTENSION
THE TYPE OF CURVE THE C-SPINE IS.
WHAT IS...CONCAVE, LORDOTIC, COMPENSATORY
THE IMAGINARY LINE THAT IS PERPENDICULAR TO THE IR FOR THE AP OPNE MOUTH PROJECTION.
WHAT IS...OCCLUSAL PLANE
THE RADIOGRAPHERS ROTATES THE PATIENT _____ FOR AN RAO C-SPINE.
WHAT IS...45 DEGREES
THE COLUMN OF BONE BETWEEN THE SUPERIOR AND ARTICULAR PROCESSES.
WHAT IS...ARTICULAR PILLAR
THE UPPER INCISORS ARE SUPERIMPOSING THE DENS BECAUSE THE PATIENT HAS BUCK TEETH. THE RADIOGRAPHER WILL DO THE _____ PROJECTION INSTEAD.
WHAT IS...THE FUCH'S METHOD
THE APOPHYSEAL JOINT IS COMPOSED OF _____.
WHAT IS...SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR ARTICULAR PROCESSES
THE ANTERIOR OBLIQUE C-SPINE BEST DEMONSTRATES THIS SIDE
WHAT IS...THE UPSIDE
THE PATIENT IS POSITIONED IN THE CERVICOTHORACIC SPINE PROJECTION. THE ARM CLOSEST TO THE IR IS ______.
WHAT IS...UP/RAISED
THIS USED TO BE THE BODY OF C1.
WHAT IS...THE DENS/ODOTOID PROCESS
THE RADIOGRAPHER HAS TO REPEAT THE LATERAL C-SPINE BECAUSE THE JAW KEEPS SUPERIMPOSING PERTINENT ANATOMY. SHE NEEDS HELP POSITIONING FOR THE REPEAT.
WHAT IS...THRUSTING CHIN FOWARD
THE SPINAL NERVE TRAVERSE HERE.
WHAT IS...TRANSVERSE PROCESS
FOR THE SWIMMERS METHOD, THE PATIENT HAS ONE ARM UP AND ONE ARM DOWN TO ____.
WHAT IS...UNSUPERIMPOSE HUMERAL HEADS
THE PATIENT IS POSITIONED INTO A HYPERFLEXION LATERAL C-SPINE. BEFORE THE RADIOGRAPHER TAKES THE IMAGE, THESES BREATHING INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD BE GIVEN.
WHAT IS...SUSPEND RESPIRATION ON EXPIRATION
LOOK AT THE VERTEBRAE ON THE TABLE. PICK OUT EACH VERTEBRA THAT IS A PART OF THE C-SPINE. NAME ONE ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE ON EACH.
CONGRATS! (IF YOU DID IT CORRECTLY)
PATIENT COMES IN STRAPPED TO A BACK BOARD WITH A C-COLLAR. THE PATIENT CAN'T MOVE AND IS LAYING SUOINE, BUT THE RADIOGRAPHER NEEDS OBLIQUE IMAGES.
WHAT IS...ANGLING THE TUBE 45 DEGREES AND OFF SETTING THE PLATE TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE FROM CR
I LANDED ON MY HEAD AND FRACTURED BOTH ARCHES OF MY ATLAS.
WHAT IS...JEFFERSON FRACTURE