FOREARM Flashcards
PP: Hand supinated; patient lean laterally; humeral epicondyles // to IR
RP: Midshaft
CR: ┴
SS: Elbow joints; radius & ulna; distorted carpal bones (proximal row)
Slight superimposition of radial head, neck & tuberosity over the proximal ulna
Hand Pronation:
It crosses the radius over the ulna at its proximal third
It rotates the humerus medially
AP PROJECTION
PP: Elbow flexed 90o; forearm & hand in true lateral; thumb must be up; humeral epicondyle ┴ to IR
RP: Midshaft
CR: ┴
SS: Elbow joints; radius & ulna; carpal bones (proximal row)
Superimposed radius & ulna at their distal end
Superimposed radial head over the coronoid process
Superimposed humeral epicondyles
Radial tuberosity facing anteriorly
LATERAL PROJECTION