Positions
How is the leg rotated for a mortise view of the ankle?
What is 15-20 degrees medially
What 3 bones articulate to make the ankle?
What are the tibia, fibula, and talus
In which Ankle view is the distal fibula superimposed over half of the tibia?
What is lateral
What is the kVp setting for the ankle?
What is 60-75
involves inflammation of the bone and cartilage of the anterior proximal tibia ; most common in boys 10-15 years old.
What is Osgood-Schlatter disease
Where should the CR be for a lateral image of the patella?
What is perpendicular to the mid patellofemoral joint.
What 2 bones articulate to make the knee?
What are the tibia and femur
What joints are demonstrated in a AP lower leg (tibfib) image?
What is both the ankle and knee joint
What part of the hip do we sit on?
What is the ischial tuberosity
one of the most common diseases of the skeleton. Most common in midlife age range and in men. It is a non-neoplastic bone disease that disrupts new bone growth , resulting in overproduction of soft/dense bone
What is Paget Disease (oseitis deformans)
What is the SID for a lower leg (Tibfib) image?
What is 44"
The medial malleolus is a prominent feature of THIS BONE, which can be felt on the inside of the ankle
What is the tibia
What are the true lateral indicators for a lateral patella?
What is the femoral condyles superimposed and the patellofemoral joint space open
when positioning for a lateral femur, is the unaffected leg place over/in front of the part of interest or behind it?
What is behind it
bone softening/calcium deficiency
osteomalacia (rickets)
What is angle for the flexion of the knee for camp coventry?
What is 40-50 degrees
THIS JOINT connects the two pubic bones at the front of the pelvis.
What is the pubic symphysis.
What is demonstrated in an AP hip?
What is the greater trochanter, the femoral head, and the femoral neck
What is the kVp setting for the hips and the pelvis?
What is 80-90
occur as accumulated fluid in the joint cavity
What are joint effusions
Where should the CR be for an Ap femur image?
What is perpendicular to the center of the IR
The acetabulum is a cup-shaped socket that articulates with THIS BONE of the thigh.
What is the femur.
How is proper abduction evidenced in a lateral frog-leg hip?
What is the femoral neck in profile
What is the measurement of the collimation for the pelvis?
What is 17" x 14"
most common type of primary cancerous bone tumor. Usually found in people 40-70 years old.
What is multiple myeloma