Blitzen
The number of phalanges in the thumb.
What is two?
Narrowing of the upper airway on a pediatric patient for croup is best seen on this projection.
What is AP?
The number of pairs of ribs of a good chest x-ray
What is ten?
The term that refers to parts away from the source or beginning
What is distal?
Upward movement of the foot and toes decreasing the angle between the upper surface of the foot and lower leg.
What is plantar flexion?
The bones in the palm of the hand.
What is metacarpals?
The forearm consist of these bones.
What is radius and ulna?
The abdomen has this many quadrants?
What is four?
The patient's chin should be elevated during chest radiography to
What is avoid superimposition of the apices?
Structures that are located just distal to the carpal bones
What are metacarpals?
The shoulder projection that best demonstrates the glenoid cavity in profile.
What is the Grashey method?
The centering point for an AP shoulder.
What is 1 inch inferior to the coracoid process.
Moving the part away from the midline of the body.
What is abduction?
For the PA projection of the hand, the CR entry point.
What is third metacarpophalangeal joint?
The two most important landmarks for chest positioning.
What is jugular notch and vertebra prominens?
The vertebral level of the iliac crest.
What is L4-5?
All elbow fat pads are best demonstrated in this position
What is lateral?
The plane passing vertically through the body and dividing it into equal anterior and posterior halves
What is midcoronal?
Free air in the abdominal cavity is best demonstrated in this position.
What is AP projection, left lateral decubitus position?
This structure is located at the level of the interspace between the second and third thoracic vertebrae
What is the jugular notch?
Moving the body part toward the midline of the body.
What is adduction?
The number of bones in the hand and wrist.
What is 27?
The CR entry point for an AP scapula.
What is 2 inches inferior to the coracoid process?
For a decubitus AP abdomen, CR entry point.
What is 2 inches above the iliac crest?
The projection/method often used to detect carpal canal defect
What is tangential projection of the wrist or Gaynor-Hart method?
To evaluate the interphalangeal joints in the oblique and lateral positions, the fingers are
What is parallel to the IR?
The name of this fracture is demonstrated by the fractured part being posteriorly or backward displacement.
What is Colles' ?
The patient is seated at the end of the table and cannot extend their arm. With the elbow flexed at 90 degrees and the CR directed 45 degrees medially, demonstrates this specific anatomy.
What is the radial head?
The degree of obliquity of a hand image.
What is 45 degrees?
For the lateral projection of the hand, the CR entry point.
What is the second metacarpophalangeal joint?
The CR entry point for a transthoracic lateral projection of the proximal humerus.
What is level of the surgical neck?
The CR entry point for an PA erect chest.
What is T7?
The trapezium articulates with this bone
What is the base of the first metacarpal?
On the AP projection of the humerus, the epicondyles are _____ to the IR.
What is parallel?
What is the relationship between the midsagittal and midcoronal planes?
What is perpendicular?
This position demonstrates the coronoid process in profile.
What is medial oblique?
This space contains the heart, great vessels, trachea, esophagus and thymus gland.
What is mediastinum?
For the PA projection of the wrist, the CR entry point.
What is midcarpal area?
This projection of the shoulder requires the patient be rotated 45 to 60 degrees toward the IR from a PA position.
What is lateral scapula?
For an AP thumb projection, the CR entry point.
What is metacarpophanlangeal joint?
The capitulum articulates with this
What is radial head?
An outward stress movement of the foot
What is eversion?
The bony thorax consist if this many pairs of ribs.
What is 12?
If the elbow is flexed to 80 degrees and the CR is directed laterally 45 degrees, this demonstrates this specific anatomy.
What is the coronoid process?
Turning the ankle stressed inward is termed.
What is inversion?
The first metacarpal is located on this side of the hand.
What is lateral?
This arm position demonstrates the greater tubercle in profile laterally.
What is AP external rotation?
The CR degree for the Stecher method of the wrist.
What is zero degrees?
This position demonstrates the scaphoid.
What is ulnar deviation?
The stomach and the spleen are located in this quadrant of the abdomen.
What is left upper quadrant?
The abdomen is divided up into this many regions.
What is nine?
This term describes lying down in any position.
What is recumbent?
The opposite term for supination.
What is pronation?
For a routine lateral wrist, this surface is nearest to the IR.
What is medial?
The degree of CR and angulation for a PA clavicle.
What is 15 to 30 degrees caudad?
For the inferosuperior axial projection (Lawrence) non trauma, the CR degrees and angulation.
What is 25-30 degrees medially?
The term for freely movable joints.
What is diarthrodial?
The plane dividing the body into right and left parts.
What is sagittal?
This projection is created by the CR angled along the long axis of the body?
What is axial?
The position in which the right posterior side of the body is rotated 20 degrees toward the IR.
What is RPO?
The body is in the erect position facing the IR. The left side of the body is turned 45 degrees toward the IR.
What is LAO?
The radiography term for path or direction of the central ray.
What is projection?
The patient is in the supine position, the CR is directed horizontally and enters the side of the body.
What is dorsal decubitus?
For the Grashey method, the body is rotated this degree toward the affected side.
What is 35 to 45 degrees?