He's Jacked "body habitus"
Body Mobility and you!!!
Vertebral elevator "landmarks"
My tummy hurts
If you dare
100
How are the lungs of a Hypersthenic patient unique?
They sit higher in the thoracic cavity and are shorter
100
Harry is feeling like he wants to be "JACKED" today so he decided to do some curls, which type of movement will he perform?
flexion
100
At what vertebral level does the thyroid cartilage sit??
C5
100
This organ which is the master filter of the body is located in which quadrant?
The Right Upper Quadrant
100
Jarod a 38 year old man couldn't bear the pain of his shattered knee cap. Through the course of the exam he kept moving. What did he ruin on the x-ray?
Recorded detail
200
How is the stomach of a Hypersthenic patient different?
It is more transversely positioned in the abdominal cavity
200
Tonya was so tired of holding weights out to her side with her arms extended. After 20 minutes she could no longer bear the pain. When she dropped the weights her arms also dropped to her side. What motion did she inadvertantly perform?
adduction
200
Terry was running yesterday when a bumblebee stung her on her sternal angle. Although not likely what vertebral level was she stung at?
T4-T5
200
What is the center region of the abdomen called??
The Umbilical
200
What type of motion results from muscular tremors and anxiety??
involuntary
300
In a Hyposthenic patient are the intestines situated higher, lower, or more lateral in the abdominal cavity???
Higher in the abdominal cavity
300
What is Eversion?
A turning outward or lateral motion of an articulation
300
What vertebral level is the umbilicus located?
L3-L4
300
What region is the pubic symphysis located?
Hypogastric
300
Jinger a 19 year old female came in complaining of back pain. Tommy tech took 2 images at 90 degree angles to each other (AP and LAT). He thought he may have seen a fracture on one of her lower vertebrae, specifically the lamina, so he decided to add some views to the exam. What views should he add??
None, he should contact the rad to seek further guidance, it is not in a radiographers scope of practice to add views.
400
Which type of body habitus is referred to as athletic?
Sthenic
400
In circumduction what rotates more the proximal portion of the distal portion?
The distal portion
400
Yesterday at clinic I totatlly spaced on how to center for a Lumbosacral AP view. I totally thought it was the ASIS but then I realized it was the iliac crest because its at this vertebral level!!!
L4
400
What are the 4 corner regions of the abdomen called?
R and L hypochondrium, R and L iliac
400
It is customary and economical to use the smallest IR possible, why is this?
This reduces patient dose
500
What is the nick-name of the stomach in a Asthenic patient??
fish-hook stomach, it is longer and more vertical
500
What is the definition of supination
Turning of the body or arm so that the palm faces forward and the thumb points away from the midline of the body.
500
What is the length between the suprasternal notch and the sternal angle?
1.5 inches
500
Which of the following is false The mastoid tip sits at the level of C1 The Gonion sits at the level of C4 The Top of the shoulders sits at level C7 The Lower costal margin sits at level L 2
The Gonion actually sits at C3
500
Brutus the buckey came to the department yesterday with a tibial plateau fracture. Tammy one of the techs marvled at his ability to endure pain and completed the exam with no problems. The next day bucky the badger came in with the same injury but just wasn't as tough. How can Tammy the tech get the best possible images with him moving?
Good communication and a short exposure time
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