Projections
The projection of a upright patient when they face an IR?
What is PA
Upright position with arms abducted slightly, palms forward and head and feet directed straight ahead.
What is anatomical position
Right foot is pointed upward reducing the angle.
What is dorsal flexion
Divides the body in superior and inferior parts.
What is Transverse (horizontal)
Minimum number of projections for a femur.
What is 2.
Demonstrate an AP projection.
Towards the point of attachment
What is proximal
Left hand is placed on IR in the AP projection and rotated inward. What is the position?
What is medial rotation
Name the four common planes used in medical imaging
What is Sagittal, Coronal, Horizontal(axial), and Oblique.
The author of the Radiographic Positioning book
What is Bontrager
The projection of the patient facing in an LPO position?
What is AP
The pathway of the CR as it passes through the patient.
What is projection
Patient is lying down on stomach and X-ray tube is horizontal. The x-ray beam is going through the left lateral side and hitting the IR on the right side of the body.
What is ventral decubitus.
Plane that divides the body in equal halves of anterior and posterior
What is the mid-coronal plane.
What is Valley Health's mission
What is "Serving our community by improving health."
The projection of the hand when rotated laterally.
What is the mediolateral projection
Describes the opposite side of the body or part
What is contralateral
The body is angled instead of the CR.
What is lordotic position
Three types of planes ("slices") used in CT, MRI, and Sonography.
What is sagittal, coronal, and axial.
The radiograph is taken with the x-ray beam tangential to the patella parallel to the long axis of the lower extremity.
Hint: Patella appears to be rising over the horizon in the x-ray image.
The projection when the CR enters the parietal bone and exits the acanthion.
What is the parietoacanthial
The transverse line from the infraorbital margin and extends to the superior margin of the external auditory meatus (EAM).
What is Frankfort Horizontal plane
The position of a patient that cannot stand for a PA chest x-ray
What is left lateral decubitus
A horizontal plane of the upper teeth and lower teeth when the jaw is closed.
What is the occlusal plane
The name of Roxanne's cat
What is Tygra