Imaging the Skeleton Flashcards
A normal bony outgrowth that arises from separate ossification centers and fuses with the bone in course of time. Can form where large muscle groups are attaching.
Apophysis
Only seen in skeletally mature animal. Closure times can be site specific.
Physes
Trying to position something to have the least amount of overlying structures.
free projecting
If interested in taking a radiograph of the left humorous what side of the body would we position closet to the film?
left side
If we took a radiograph in right lateral recumbency which hip would be magnified?
left
What is free projecting in a DMPLO view?
medial is projecting palmar
What is the proper positioning of the spine?
parallel to table top
The vertebra which resembles a sled on a radiograph?
C6
What is the anticlinal vertebra?
T11 (spinous process is straight up)
What shape is normal vertebra in the dog?
square, cuboidal
What shape are normal vertebra in cats?
long rectangualr
what is the modality of choice for evaluation of abdominal organs?
US
What modality is good for evaluation bone, lung and abdomen?
CT
What modality is good for evaluating soft tissues especially neuronal tissues?
MRI
