ANATOMY
POSITIONING
LANDMARKS
ANATOMY X2
FUNCTION
100


Parietal

100

Center Point for Lateral Skull

2 inches (5 cm) superior to EAM

...or halfway between the glabella and inion



100

CR 1½ inches (4 cm) inferior to
mandibular symphysis is for what x-ray view?

SMV

100

All four sutures

Coronal, Squamosal, Lambdoidal & Sagittal

100

Equalizes pressure

Eustachian tube

200

The two sections for Cranial bones

Calvaria & Floor

200

Center Point for AP Axial (Towne Method)

2½ inches (6.5 cm) above glabella

200

Lift chin and hyperextend neck if possible until IOML is parallel to IR is for what Skull x-ray view



SMV

200

The posterior part of the sella turcica

Dorsum sellae

200

auditory ossicle that picks up sound vibrations from the tympanic membrane 

Malleus (hammer)

300


Sphenoid

300

For a PA and AP Skull x-ray what is perpendicular to the plate

OML

300

External Landmark that corresponds with the level of the petrous ridge

Top of the Ear Attachment (TEA)

300

Three aspects of temporal bones

Squamous, Mastoid & Petrous

300

Opening in the temporal bone that serves as a passageway for nerves of hearing and equilibrium

Internal Acoustic Meatus (IAM)

400
A structure found in the middle of the sphenoid bone that surrounds the pituitary gland

sella turcica

400

If the tube angulation for a Towne Method is 37° what positioning line is perpendicular to the IR?

IOML

400

Junction Points




Asterion, Bregma, Lambda & Pterion

400

Inferior to the zygomatic process
and anterior to the EAM

temporomandibular fossa, into
which the mandible fits form the
TMJ

400

Thin plate of bone that separates the mastoid air cells from the brain

Tegmen tympani

500

The inferior portions of this anatomy:


lateral & medial pterygoid process, & pterygoid hamulus

500

For a PA without angulation where does the CR exit at?

Glabella

500

Line used in positioning to ensure that the skull is in true lateral position

Interpupillary line

500

Five foramen

optic, rotudum, ovale, spinosum, magnum

500

contains small openings or foramina that olfactory
nerves pass through

cribriform plate

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