Exam 1 Flashcards
Anterior vs Posterior view
- ant = front
-post = back
3 Anatomical Planes
- median - plane longitudinally through the body (split the balls)
-sagittal - planes parallel to median plane (cut the shoulders) - coronal - vertical planes passing through the body and right angles to median plane
Superficial vs intermediate vs deep
- superficial - nearer to surface
- intermediate - between superficial and deep
- deep - farther from surface
Medial vs Lateral
- medial - nearer to median plane (the pinky is on the medial side of the hand)
- lateral - farther from median plane ( thumb is on the lateral side of the hand)
Posterior (dorsal) vs anterior (ventral)
-posterior - nearer to back (heel is posterior to the toes)
- anterior - nearer to the front (toes are anterior to the ankle)
Inferior (caudal) vs superior (cranial)
- inferior - nearer to feet (stomach is inferior to the heart)
- superior - nearer to head (heart is superior to the head)
Proximal vs Distal
- distal - farther from trunk or point of origin
- proximal - nearer to trunk
Dorsal vs Palmar
- dorsal - top of hand/foot
-palmar - palm side of hand/foot
Ipsilateral vs Contralateral
Those on the same side of the body are referred to as ipsilateral, whereas those on different sides of the body are referred to as contralateral.
Flexion vs Extension
-Extension - opening of the joint, increasing angle
-Flexion - closing of the joint , decreasing angle
Abduction vs Adduction
-Abduction - moving limbs away from midline
- Adduction - moving limbs towards midline
Circumduction
Arm and leg circles
Opposition
Touching thumb to other fingers
Protrusion vs retrusion
Protrusion involves a movement going straight ahead or forward. Retrusion is the opposite and involves going backwards.
Elevation vs Depression
-elevation - rising jaw
- depression - lowering jaw
Eversion vs inversion
-inversion - sole of foot towards the body midline
-eversion - sole of foot away from midline
Pronation vs supination
When your palm or forearm faces up, it’s supinated. When your palm or forearm faces down, it’s pronated
Standard position of patient imaging
as we face the image our right side is the patients left side and our left side is the patients right side
Radiolucent
structures that permit the passage of the x-rays, tissues that are less dense, causing the representative areas appear black on the exposed film. Air permits easy passage of x-rays, less dense, therefore appears black on film. (Black air on xray)
Radiopaque/Radiodense
structures that do not permit the passage of x-rays, tissues that are very dense, causing the representative areas to appear light or white on exposed film. Bone does not permit passage of x-rays, very dense tissue therefore appears white on film. Soft tissue is the intermediate, some x-rays pass and some are blocked causing the areas to appear gray. (White bone on x-ray)
4 Types of Radiographic Densities
- Gas = black
- Fat = gray/black
- Water = gray
- Bone (metal) = white
radiographic image rule
- to reduce the undesirable effect of magnification is to have the part of greatest interest closest to the film
-most common x-ray practice is post-ant