Skull
What lines are used to position the head of the lateral skull?
What is the IOML and IPL?
What is the angled grid technique or vertical grid technique?
What age is the adult cranial size usually achieved by?
What is 12 years of age?
What are the two groups of skull bones and how many of each are there?
What is 8 cranial bones and 14 facial bones?
What position should the body be in comparison to the head on the lateral skull projection?
What is the RAO/LAO position in comparison to the lateral orientation of the head?
What angles are used on the AP Axial (Towne Method) of the skull?
What is 37 degrees directed through the IOML or 30 degrees directed through the OML?
What cranial bones make up the calvaria and floor, respectively?
What is the frontal, occipital, and right and left parietal bones of the calvaria?
What is the ethmoid, sphenoid, right and left temporal bones of the floor?
What technical considerations are most important when considering radiographing the sinuses?
What is the upright position to demonstrate fluid levels and a horizontal CR?
Why is the PA/PA axial projection preferred over the AP/AP axial Caldwell method?
The AP/AP axial Caldwell method provides a magnified image
What sinuses does the Parietoacanthial (Waters method) projection best visualize and which are distorted?
What is the maxillary sinuses with distortion of the frontal and ethmoid sinuses?
What is the CR directed through on the SMV projection?
What is the sella turcica?
What are the features of the dolichocephalic skull morphology?
What is the petrous pyramids projecting anteriorly and medially at 40-degree angles from MSP, long from front to back, narrow from side to side, and deep from vertex to base?
Where does the CR exit for the PA axial (Haas method)?
What is exiting 1.5" superior to the nasion?
What are the collimation guidelines for a lateral projection of the paranasal sinuses?
What is .5-1" beyond tip of noise, superiorly to 3" above nasion, inferiorly to the occlusal plane, and posteriorly to the auricle?
Where is the sella turcica located in relation to the EAM and what does it contain?
What is located in MSP of cranium 3/4" anterior and superior to EAM, housing the pituitary gland?
The IOML parallel to the IR is evidenced by what image criteria in the SMV projection of the skull?
What is the mental protuberance superimposed over anterior frontal bone and the mandibular condyles anterior to the petrous ridges?
What are the horizontal and vertical plate of the ethmoid bone and what do they contain/form?
What is the cribriform plate that contains numerous foramina for transmission of olfactory nerves and the perpendicular plate which forms the superior portion of bony nasal septum?