Exposure procedures forearm

Question 1

what is the SID for forearm and wrist

Answer 1

40 inches

Question 2

How would you seat the patient for AP Forearm

Answer 2

seat the patient close to the table and low enough to place the entire extremity in the same plane

Question 3

For AP forearm the arm is extended with the hand ___________.

Answer 3

supinated

Question 4

For AP forearm the _________________ are equidistant from IR

Answer 4

humeral epicondyles

Question 5

For AP forearm is the long axis of the forearm aligned perpendicular or parallel?

Answer 5

parallel

Question 6

Where does the CR enter for AP forearm & lateral forearm

Answer 6

midpoint of forearm

Question 7

what is the collimation for AP forearm and Lateral forearm

Answer 7

2 in distal to the wrist joint and proximal to the elbow joint and 1 in on the sides

Question 8

what structures should be shown in a AP forearm

Answer 8

entire forearm, wrist, distal humerus and proximal row of carpal bones

Question 9

For an AP forearm we want a open_________ space.

Answer 9

radioulnar

Question 10

AP forearm criteria
“no elongation or foreshortening of the _________________”

Answer 10

humeral epicondyles

Question 11

what degree is the elbow flexed on a lateral forearm

Answer 11

90 degrees

Question 12

what processes are superimposed on a lateral forearm

Answer 12

ulnar and radial styloid

Question 13

*Lateral Forearm Criteria
Superimposition of:
- the ____ and _____ at their distal end
- the _____ head over the __________ process
-___________ _________

Answer 13

radius, ulna
radial, coronoid
humeral epicondyles

Question 14

for lateral forearm the radial tuberosity is facing ___________

Answer 14

anteriorly