A Cute Angles
Name the CR angle and direction: PA Axial Clavicle
What is 15 to 30 degrees caudal?
Breathing Instructions: AC Joints
What is suspended respiration?
The function of the shoulder girdle
What is to connect the upper limb to the axial skeleton?
Common IR size for shoulder girdle projections
What is 10x12?
IR size and orientation for bilateral AC joints?
What is 14x17 CW(landscape)?
Name the CR angle and direction: Tangential Projection of the shoulder for the supraspinous outlet (Neer Method)
What is 10 to 15 caudal?
Breathing Instructions: AP Axial Clavicle
What is suspended at inspiration?
Location: superoposterior thorax between the 2nd & 7th Ribs
What is the scapula?
IR orientation for clavicle projections
What is CW(landscape)?
IR size and orientation for humerus projections
What is 14x17 LW(portrait)?
Name the CR angle and direction: Inferosuperior Axial Shoulder (Lawrence Method)
What is 25 to 30 medially?
Breathing Instructions: AP Scapula with cooperative patient
What is orthostatic (breathing) technique?
The flat aspect of the scapula bone lies at a ____ -____ degree angle in relation to anatomic position
What is 45 - 60?
Recommended patient position for shoulder exams; Shoulder & arm lesions are extremely sensitive to movement and pressure
What is upright?
The surface of the hand touching the thigh in an AP shoulder internal rotation (anatomic term)
What is dorsum manus?
Name the CR angle and direction: AP Apical Oblique Axial (Garth Method)
What is 45 degrees caudal?
Breathing Instructions: Transthoracic Lateral of Proximal Humerus with uncooperative patient
What is full inspiration?
The site of many fractures; just below the tubercles
What is the surgical neck of the humerus?
The PA Scapular Y projection requires the patient to be turned _________ degrees from the plane of the IR
What is 45-60?
This specific AP projection of the shoulder shows the largest amount of humeral overlap of the glenoid cavity
What is AP shoulder internal rotation?
Name the CR angle and direction: Transthoracic Lateral of the Proximal Humerus when the patient is in too much pain to drop injured shoulder and elevate uninjured arm fully to prevent superimposition of the shoulders
What is 10 to 15 cephalic?
Breathing Instructions: Transthoracic Lateral of Humerus with cooperative patient
What is orthostatic (breathing) technique?
Small synovial fluid-filled sacs that relieve pressure and reduce friction in tissue
What are bursae?
One of the largest bursae; located under the acromion and lies between the deltoid muscle and shoulder joint capsule
What is the subacromial?
Patient position for the Grashey method
What is 35 to 45 degrees posterior oblique(LPO/RPO)?