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POSI LEC1 Flashcards

1
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name of the exam

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Radiographic view

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2
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The body part being imaged

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Radiographic view

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3
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Position that the patient will be in when the exposure is made (what direction the patient is facing)

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Patient position

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What position the specific body part being examined will be placed in relative to the film and the x-ray beam.

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Body part position

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Describes the projected path of the primary x-ray beam.

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Central Ray (Projection)

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Where the x-ray beam enters and exits the patient.

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Central Ray (Projection)

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7
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The patient is standing or lying down, facing you with the palms of the hands forward.

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Anatomic Position

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8
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Enters anterior, exits posterior.
There is no angulation.
PERPENDICULAR

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AP

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9
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Enters posterior, exits anterior.
There’s no angulation.
PARALLEL

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PA

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10
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Enteres anterior, exits posterior.
There’s angulation in the centray ray.
PARALLEL

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AXIAL

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11
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PERPENDICULAR.

There’s no angulation of the head.

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TANGENTIAL

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12
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The body is always rotated 45 degrees.

There’s no angulation.

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OBLIQUE

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13
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Standing or Upright

Position when the transverse plane of the body is perpendicular to the horizon

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Erect

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14
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Can be lateral, supine or prone (lying down)

Position when the plane of the body is perpendicular to the horizon

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Recumbent

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15
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Central ray is directed horizontally OR he x-ray beam is parallel to the horizon.

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Decubitus

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16
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Central ray is directed verctically.

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Recumbent

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17
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Increased IOI

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Magnification

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18
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Cheyen’s Technique

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RAPO - RPO
LAPO - LPO
RPAO - RAO
LPAO - LAO

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19
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(Posterior recumbent position)

- Lying down on the back

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Supine

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20
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(Anterior recumbent position)

- Lying facedown

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Prone

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21
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Lying down on the xx side

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XX lateral recumbent

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22
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Patient is prone

Beam: Horizontal

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Ventral decubitus

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23
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Patient is supine

Beam: Horizontal

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Dorsal decubitus

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24
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Lying on the left lateral side

Beam: Horizontal

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Left lateral decubitus

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25
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Beam enters the front suface and exits the back surface of the part.

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Anteroposterior projection (AP)

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26
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Beam enters the back and exits the front of the part.

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Posteroanterior projection

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27
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Lying down in any position.

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Recumbent

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28
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Supine position, but the table is angulated 45 degrees where head is positions lower than rhe feet

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Trendelenburg

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29
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Head higher than the feet ; Table is angulated 90 degrees

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Fowler’s Position

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30
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Patient lying on the left anterior side (semiprone) with the left leg extended and the right and thigh partially flexed

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Sim’s position

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31
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Position: supine

The knees and hip flexed and thighs abducted and rotated externally

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Lithotomy position

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32
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Left posterior part of the body is closest to film

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LPO

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33
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Right posterior part of the body is closest to film

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RPO

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34
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Left anterior part of the body is closest to film

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LAO

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35
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Right anterior part of the body is closest to film

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RAO

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36
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Patient remains supine, but the CR is directed horizontally

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Cross table Lateral

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37
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Patient lies with the right side of the body down

CR: horizontally

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Right dorsal decubitus

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38
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Patient lies with the left side of the body down

CR: horizontally

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Left lateral decubitus

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39
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Right side of the body is closest to the film

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Right lateral

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40
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Left side of the body is closet to the film

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Left lateral

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41
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Palm of hand is facing up (forward)

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Supination (Supinate)

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42
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Palm faces down (backward)

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Pronation (Pronate)

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43
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Towards the midline of the body

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Adduction

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44
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Away from the midline of the body

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Abduction

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45
Q

Increasing the angle bet. 2 adjacent bones by straightening a joint

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Extension (Hyperextension)

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46
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Decreasing the angle bet. the adjacent bones by bending a joint

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Flexion (Hyperflexion)

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47
Q

Turning a body part in an outward (lateral) direction

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Eversion (Evert)

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48
Q

Towards the midline of the body

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Medial rotation

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49
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Away from the midline of the body

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Lateral rotation

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50
Q

Circular movement of a limb

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Circumduction

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51
Q

Slanting a body part slightly

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Tilt

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52
Q

A turning away from the regular standard

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Deviation

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53
Q

Forward or front part of the body

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Anterior or Ventral

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54
Q

Parts away from the head of the body

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Caudad, Caudal or Inferior

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55
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Mid area or main part of the organ

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Central

56
Q

A part on the opposite side of the body

A

Contralateral

57
Q

Part far down or far from the surface

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Deep

58
Q

Parts farthest from the point of attachment

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Distal

59
Q

A part outside of an organ or on the outside of the body

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External

60
Q

A part within or on the inside of an organ

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Internal

61
Q

A part on the same side of the body

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Ipsilateral

62
Q

Parts away from the median plane

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Lateral

63
Q

Parts toward median plane of the body

A

Median or Mesial

64
Q

Parts at or near the surface, edge, or outside of a body part

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Peripheral

65
Q

Sole of the foot

A

Plantar

66
Q

The back of a part or organ

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Posterior or Dorsal

67
Q

Parts nearer to the point of attachment, point of reference, origin or beginning

A

Proximal

68
Q

A part near the skin or surface

A

Superficial

69
Q

Sizes of the Cassette

A 
8x10
10x12
11x14
14x14
14x17
70
Q

Cassette orientations

A
  • Lengthwise

- Crosswose

71
Q

Increased SID

A

Increased recorded detail

Decreased magnification

72
Q

SID used fort most convention examinations

A

40-48 inches

73
Q

SID used for certain examinations of the skill (paranasal sinuses)

A

32-36 inches

74
Q

SID used for chest radiography

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72-120 inches

75
Q

The distance between the radiography tube and the skin of the patient

A

Source-To-Skin-Distance (SSD)

76
Q

SSD shall not be less than _inches & Should not be more than _inches

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not be less than 12 inches

not more than 15 inches

77
Q

The restriction of the useful beam to rhe anatomy being examined

A

Collimation

78
Q

The end result

A

Radiograph

79
Q

Structure of the body

A

Anatomy

80
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Function of the body organs

A

Physiology

81
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Study of the body of knowledge relating to the bones of the body

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Osteology

82
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Form of the body that determines the size, shape, tonus, motility of the internal organs.

A

Body habitus

83
Q

Patients with similar anatomical characteristics

A

Body habitus

84
Q

Cavities or spces of the body contain the internal organs or viscera

A

Body cavities

85
Q

2 main cavities

A
  • Ventral

- Dorsal

86
Q

The smaller of the two main cavities

A

Dorsal cavity

87
Q

2 main sets of bones

A

Calvarium (Skull cap)

Floor of the Cranial Bone

88
Q

Subparts of the calvarium

A

Frontal
Right parietal
Left parietal
Occipital

89
Q

Lies side to side from the temporal bone

A

Sphenoid

90
Q

Lies below on the floor of the cranium and posterior on the lacrimal bone

A

Ethmoid

91
Q

Lies under the nose

A

2 maxillae or upper jaw

92
Q

Cheek bone

A

2 zygomatic bone (Malar bone)

93
Q

Located below the eyes

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2 nasal bone (left and right)

94
Q

Located on the medical border and anterior to the ethmoid bone

A

2 Lacrimal bone

95
Q

Located on the anterior surface of the skull

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2 Palatine bone

96
Q

body positioning terms

A

AP

PA

97
Q

Head higher than the feet ; Table angulated in 45 degrees

A

Semifowler’s position

98
Q

permanently imprinted onto radiograph

A

label

99
Q

film label requirements

A
  • must be permanent
  • name & location of hosp.
  • name of patient
  • case number
  • date
100
Q

the tech should study radiographs from the ff. standpoints:

A
  • density of the radiograph
  • contrast of the radiograph
  • sharpness of detail
  • magnification in size
  • shape distortion
101
Q

4 main categories of body habitus

A
  • hypersthenic, 5%
  • sthenic, 50%
  • hyposthenic, 35%
  • asthenic, 105
102
Q

the larger cavity

A

ventral (subdivided into 2 parts: thoracic and abdominopelvic)

103
Q

located at the medial border of the nasal cavity

A

vomer

104
Q

located behind the nasal septum

A

2 inferior nasal conchae

105
Q

it passes vertically through midline of the body from front to back, dividing it into equal right and left portions

A

midsagittal

106
Q

it passes vertically through the coronal suture of the cranium…

A

midcoronal

107
Q

it passes crosswise through the body at right anles to its longitudinal axis… dividing it into superior and inferior portions

A

transverse

108
Q

any plane that does not conform to the 3 descriptions

A

oblique plane

109
Q

dividing the head into superior and inferior

A

anthropological plane

110
Q

dividing the head into cranial and facial

A

orbitomeatal plane

111
Q

hole of the ear

A

EAM

112
Q

located in between the eyebrow

A

glabella

113
Q

roof of the nose

A

nasion

114
Q

located below the nasal septum and at the level of the maxillae

A

acanthion

115
Q

located at the middle portion of the chin

A

mental point

116
Q

the angle of mandible

A

gonion

117
Q

external occipital protuberance

A

inion

118
Q

corners of the eyes

A

canthus

119
Q

medial corner of the eye

A

inner canthus

120
Q

lateral corner of the eye

A

outer canthus

121
Q

topmost portion of the head

A

vertex

122
Q

located below the eye

A

infra-orbital ridge

123
Q

located above the eye

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supra-orbital ridge

124
Q

a line drawn from the glabella to EAM

A

glabellomeatal line

125
Q

a line drawn from the canthus to the EAM

A

orbitomeatal line

126
Q

a line drawn from the acanthion to EAM

A

acanthiomeatal line

127
Q

a line drawn from the mental point to EAM

A

mentomeatal line

128
Q

a line drawn from the infra-orbital ridge to the EAM

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infra-orbitalmeatal line

129
Q

a line drawn from the supra-orbital ridge to EAM

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supra-orbitomeatal line

130
Q

a line drawn across the pupillary of the eyes

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interpupillary line

131
Q

____ head are long from front to back

  • narrow from side to side
  • dep from vertex to base
  • 40 degrees in relation to petrous portion from MSP
A

dolicocephalic head

132
Q

____ head are short from front to back

  • broad from side to side
  • shallow fromvertex to end
  • 54 degrees in relation to petrous portion from MSP
A

brachycephalic head

133
Q

clearly indentifies the R or L side of the pateint
typically made of lead and placed directly on IR
it is medicolegal requirement
it is unacceptable to hand-write the R o L

A

anatomic markers

134
Q

turning a body part in an inward (medial) direction

A

Inversion (Invert)

135
Q

refer to parts forward the head of the body

A

Cranial, Cephalic, and Superior

136
Q

Supine; head higher than the feet; table is angulated 45 degreees

A

Semifowler’s

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