Hand/digits
This is the number of bones in the hand?
What is 19?
14 phalanges
5 metacarpals
These are the three aspects of the clavicle.
What are the acromioclavicular joint, sternoclavicular joint, and the body?
These are the changes in technical factors for a large plaster cast.
What are 8 to 10 kVp and 100 percent mAs?
This is the number of fat stripes in the wrist?
What is two?
This epichondyle is superior to the capitulum.
What is the lateral epichondyle?
This is the aspect of the metacarpals that should be included in a PA digit projection.
What is the distal aspect?
This is the alternate name for the costal fossa of the scapula.
What is the anterior subscapular fossa?
This is the breathing method required for the Lawrence method.
What is Orthostatic breathing?
This positioning error for a PA oblique results in a majority of superimposed carpal bones.
What is excessive lateral rotation?
This part of the elbow is open or visible on internal rotation.
What is the coronoid process?
This is the most commonly affected bone in a Boxer's fracture.
What is the 5th metacarpal?
This is the most common direction of shoulder dislocation.
What is anterior?
The forearm is placed in this relation to the long axis of the IR in both projections.
What is parallel?
This wrist associated pathology is also associated with the hand. It's most common with middle-aged women.
What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
These are the names of the three fat pads visible in a lateral elbow.
What are the anterior fat pad, posterior fat pad, and supinator fat pad?
This pathology typically occurs first at the 2nd and 3rd MCP joints or 3rd PIP and is three times more common in women than men.
What is Rheumatoid arthritis?
This is defined as a disability of the shoulder joint that is caused by chronic inflammation in and around the joint. It's characterized by pain and limitation of motion.
What is Idiopathic Chronic Adhesive Capsulitis?
This is defined as a compression fracture of the posteriolateral articular surface of the humeral head.
What is the Hill-Sachs defect?
In his method, Stecher suggested that this is an alternative to elevation of the hand or angling of the hand.
What is clenching of the fist?
These are the three concentric arcs visible if you have a true lateral elbow projection.
What are the Trochlear sulcus, outer ridges of the capitulum and trochlea, trochlear notch?
What is the CR for the Norgaard Method?
Midpoint between both hands, Level of the fifth MCP joints, perpendicular to IR
With the patient standing erect for the Fisk method, this is the level of forward leaning from vertical required as measured in degrees.
What is 10-15?
This is the degree and direction of arm rotation added to the Lawrence method that can be added to detect Hill-Sachs defect.
What is 45 degree external rotation of the affected arm?
This is the anatomy demonstrated in the tangential wrist projection.
What are the dorsal aspects of the scaphoid, lunate, and triquetrum?
This is the type projection for the elbow required if the patients elbow is unable to extend and is flexed more than 90 degrees.
What are the AP projections of the elbow in acute flexion? (acute flexion elbow projection)