planes/terminology and spatial awareness

Question 1

proper term for standing

Answer 1

erect

Question 2

proper term of lying down

Answer 2

Decubitus

Question 3

proper term for lying on back

Answer 3

supine

Question 4

proper term for lying face down

Answer 4

prone

Question 5

proper term for Sitting/leaning back

Answer 5

Semi-erect/recumbent

Question 6

proper term for “Completely on the side”

Answer 6

Lateral (right or left)

Question 7

proper term for ½ turned to the side

Answer 7

Oblique (right or left)

Question 8

define projection

Answer 8

1,technical term for the view of the anatomy

2.direction of the primary beam in relation to that anatomy

Question 9

projection at the feet

Answer 9

inferior to

Question 9

projection at the head

Answer 9

superior than

Question 9

projection through the back

Answer 9

posterior

Question 9

projection through the front

Answer 9

anterior

Question 10

define distal

Answer 10

away from the patient’s anatomical centre

Question 10

define proximal

Answer 10

closest to the patient’s anatomical centre

Question 10

what do you refer the 3 phalanges too in the toes in radiography.

Answer 10

• distal
• middle
• proximal

Question 10

what do we refer the 3 bones in the toes (Cuneiform) too ?

Answer 10

-medial
-intermediate
-lateral

Question 11

where is the medial side on a hand scan

Answer 11

in line with little finger (think about anatomical)

Question 12

in the hand is the radius lateral or medial

Answer 12

lateral

Question 13

how do we not x-ray chest

Answer 13

We do not x-ray the chest in anatomical position

Question 14

what is the direction of the beam in chest x-ray

Answer 14

The direction of the primary beam is from posterior to anterior. (PA)

Question 15

what is special about the way we view chest x-rays

Answer 15

we view it in antero-posterior AP position As if we are looking at the patients front

Question 16

def Sagittal plane

Answer 16

*Divides the body into two parts.
*Not necessarily equal

Question 17

Define Median Sagittal Plane

Answer 17

-Divides the body into equal right and left halves

Question 18

def Coronal Plane

Answer 18

*Divides the body into anterior &posterior portions
- Not necessarily equa

Question 19

define Axial/Transverse

Answer 19

*divides the body into Superior& Inferior portions.
*Not necessarily equal

Question 20

how do we view ct scans,
e.g the brain

Answer 20

-We view images from CT scans as axial ‘slices’

-These are cross sections of the body Viewed as if we are looking up toward the body from the patients fee

Question 22

H

Answer 22

B