3: Terminology 1 Flashcards
Bending wrist upwards
Extension
Bending wrist downwards
Flexion
Bending ankle upwards
Dorsiflexion
Bending ankle downwards
Plantar flexion
Kicking leg
Extension
Heel flicks
Flexion
Bending head downwards
Flexion
Bending head back
Extension
Lifting arms up
Abduction
Bringing arms down
Adduction
ROI
Region of interest
Beam facing upwards
Cranial / cephalic
Beam facing downwards
Caudal
Primary beam
The unattenuated beam directed at the region of interest
Central ray
The ray at the midpoint at the primary beam
CP
Chest pain
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Severe
SOB
Shortness of breath
?
Query
PTX
Pneumothorax
MC
Metacarpal
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Query fracture
75F
75 year old female
WB
Weight bearing
Lt
Left
Creps
Crepitus
BIBA
Brought in by ambulance
GCS
Glasgow coma scale
Ext
External
NOF
Neck of femur
CXR
Chest X-ray
Mane
In the morning
CABG
Coronary artery bypass graft
O2 Sat
Oxygen saturation
Sx
Surgery
ORIF
Open reduction internal fixation
FOOSH
Fall on outstretched hand
MT
Meta tarsal
Nocte
At night
ABx
Antibiotics
AC
Acromioclavicular (joint)