Anatomy
Which metatarsal contains a tuberosity that is frequently fractured?
What is the 5th?
What is the name of the joint located between the phalanges of the first digit?
What is the IP joint?
This pathology results in a well-circumscribed lucency within the bones.
What is a bone cyst?
You are imaging toes. What is the CR angle if you do not elevate the forefoot?
What is 10 to 15 degrees toward the calcaneus?
To properly visualize the joint spaces with the AP projection of the foot, the CR must be _____________.
What is perpendicular to the metatarsals?
The top, or anterior portion, of the foot is also known as the _______.
What is the dorsum?
The distal tibiofibular joint is classified as a ________ joint.
What is fibrous?
What are AP and Lateral Knee?
How much do you angle the CR to the long axis of the foot for the plantodorsal (axial) projection of the calcaneus?
What is 40 degrees?
An oblique foot with medial rotation shows the superimposition of the 3rd through 5th metatarsals. Would you do nothing, repeat but decrease obliquity of the foot, or repeat but increase obliquity of the foot?
What is repeat, but decrease obliquity of the foot?
Name the routine for a 2nd toe radiographic study.
What are AP, AP oblique with medial rotation, and lateromedial projection?
What surfaces of the ankle joint are open for an AP ankle image?
What are the medial and superior?
You were told to set up the room for AP stress views of the ankle. What will theses views show?
What are possible joint separations or ligament tears?
You are imaging an AP knee. The patient's ASIS to tabletop is 18 cm. How much and in what direction do you angle the x-ray tube?
What is 5 degrees caudad?
You review an image of the AP ankle and notice that the lateral joint space is not open and the lateral malleolus is partially superimposed by the talus. What do you do? Nothing, rotate the ankle more laterally, or rotate the ankle more medially.
What is nothing?
The sustentaculum tali is on what bone of the lower limb?
What is the calcaneus?
The patellofemoral joint is a __________ joint with a __________ type of movement.
What are synovial and saddle?
A patient comes to radiology with a history of chondromalacia of the patella and possible loose bodies within the patellofemoral joint space. What is the best knee image to perform?
What is Merchant Method?
You are imaging a patient for a mediolateral projection of the knee on a patient with a short, wide pelvis. What is the central ray degree of angulation and direction?
What is 7 to 10 degrees cephalad?
You are taking a look at a knee image and notice that the neck of the fibula is not superimposed over the tibia. Is this image an AP, an AP oblique with medial rotation, an AP oblique with lateral rotation, or a lateral view?
What is an AP oblique with medial rotation?
What is another term for the intercondylar sulcus?
What is the patellar surface?
The ankle joint is considered a ____________ joint with a ____________ type of movement.
What are synovial and saddle?
What is a highly malignant destructive lesion of the long bones that produces a sunburst pattern?
What is an osteogenic sarcoma?
What is the direction and degrees of CR angulation for a PA axial weight-bearing biltareal knee projection (Rosenberg method)?
What is 10 degrees caudad?
You are going to perform a mediolateral knee image. You bend the knee into 45 degrees of flexion. What will happen to the patella if you continue with this degree of flexion?
What is the patella will be drawn into the intercondylar sulcus?