The protective housing for the brain.
What is the Skull Cap or Calvaria?
Paired, irregular shaped bones that articulate with the parietal, occipital and sphenoid bones.
What is/are the temporal bones?
The shortened name of this positioning line starts with the seventh letter, then thirteenth letter, and then twelfth letter of the alphabet. Give me the complete name.
What is the glabellomeatal line (GML)?
This projection should demonstrate the crista galli, and the petrous pyramids in the lower third of the orbits.
What is the PA Axial (Caldwell)?
The CR for the lateral projection enters here.
What is 2" superior to the EAM?
The measurements of the cranium.
What is
7" Long
6" Wide
9" Deep?
This houses two labyrinths and articulates with the frontal and sphenoid bones.
What is the Ethmoid bone?
There is an average 8-degree angle difference between these two lines.
What is the orbitomeatal (OML) and Glabellomeatal line (GML)?
Name two problems with this radiograph.
What are earrings, glasses and collimation?
The CR for the PA projection is directed this way to the IR and exits here.
What is perpendicular to the IR to exit the nasion?
The bone composition of the skull cap.
What is diploe?
Parts of this bone include a pair of condyles, internal protuberance, basilar portion and squama.
What is the occipital bone?
Positioning guidelines are based on this skull shape and size.
What is mesocephalic?
This projection should demonstrate the dens, mastoid process, sphenoidal and ethmoidal sinuses, and the occipital bone.
What is the SMV (Submentovertex) / Schuller?
The CR for the SMV projection is this to the IOML.
What is perpendicular?
The cranium develops rapidly during this time.
What is the first 5 - 6 years?
The clivus of the sphenoid bone is continuous with this part of the occipital bone.
What is the basilar portion?
There is an average 7-degree angle difference between these two lines.
What is the Orbitomeatal Line (OML) and Infraorbitomeatal Line (IOML)
This projection should demonstrate the sella turcica in profile, the entire skull without rotation and superimposed orbital roofs.
What is the Lateral projection?
What is 37 degrees caudal and enters 2.5" above the glabella?
The four cranial sutures.
What is/are the
Coronal
Sagittal
Squamosal
Lambdoidal?
This is how you find the position of the sella turcica.
What is 3/4" anterior and then 3/4" superior to the EAM?
The shortened name of this positioning line starts with the ninth letter, then fifteenth letter, then thirteenth letter, and then twelfth letter of the alphabet. Give me the complete name.
What is the infraorbitomeatal line (IOML)?
This projection demonstrates the dorsum sellae and the posterior clinoid processes projected within the foramen magnum.
What is the AP Axial (Towne)?
Compare the CR's of the AP Axial and PA Axial. Be specific with angle, direction and exit/entrance.
What is:
AP Axial - 15 degrees cephalad to enter nasion
PA Axial - 15 degrees caudad to exit nasion