Toes/Foot
How many degrees and in one direction should you angle the CR for AP toes?
15 degrees posterior or towards the heel
Largest and strongest tarsal bone
Calcaneus
What is CR for AP Ankle?
CR perpendicular to the IR directed midway between malleoli
What three patient positions can be used in the Holmblad method?
Standing, standing with knee on stool, and kneeling on the table
What is CR for AP Knee?
CR 1/2 inch distal to apex of patella
What is the CR and angle (including direction) for AP Foot?
10 degrees posterior or towards the heel to the base of the 3rd metatarsal
How many bones are in the foot?
26
What is the degree of oblique and direction for an AP Mortise?
Rotate leg and foot medially 15-20 degrees
If the knee is flexed 40 degrees for the Camp Coventry projection, the CR will be angled how many degrees?
40 degrees
What does an AP medial (internal) oblique knee show?
Fibula free of superimposition, knee joint, lateral tibial plateau
30 degrees medially
The superior aspect of the foot is termed this.
Dorsal surface.
Which projection of the ankle will demonstrate the joint between the talus/tibia and talus/fibula?
AP oblique Mortise
What 3 methods are used to demonstrate the intercondylar fossa?
Holmblad, Camp Conventry, and BeClere
If a patient measures 19 cm from ASIS to tabletop for an AP lateral oblique knee, what is the CR angle and in what direction?
perpendicular
What is the method name for the sesamoid view?
Lewis & Holly
Which tarsal bone lies anterior to the talus?
Navicular
What is the CR for the for the axial (plantodorsal) projection of the calcaneus?
40 degree caudal
What specialized views are done following an inversion/eversion injury to the ankle?
AP Stress Study
What is the CR, CR angle, and knee flexion for a lateral knee?
knee flexed 20-30 degrees
CR 5-7 degrees cephalad
CR 1 inch distal to medial epicondyle
What does the medial oblique foot demonstrate?
Bases of metatarsals #3-5 and the cuboid
Fibula
How far beyond the joint (above the knee, below the ankle) should the collimation extend for an AP Tib/fib?
1" to 1.5"
What is the name of an avulsion fracture of the medial malleolus?
Potts fx
Where is the CR directed for the Settagast method?
through the patellafemoral joint space