POSITIONING Flashcards
Temporal base or petrous
pyramid forms an angle of
__° to ___° to the MSP.
45-47
AVERAGE HEAD
ANGLE
MESOPHALIC
47
MESOPHALIC
__cm between parietal
eminences
* __cm from the frontal
eminence to inion
* __ cm from vertex to chin.
15
19
23
Short from front to back
* Broad from side to side
* Shallow from vertex to
base
* Petrous pyramid forms
an angle greater than
47° (approximately ___°)
to the MSP.
* The width is 80% or
greater than the length
brachycephalic-54
Head is long from front to
back
* Narrow from side to side
* Deep from vertex to base.
* Petrous pyramid form
an angle less than 47°
(approximately __°) to
the MSP
* The width is less than
75% of the length.
doliocephalic-40
AP PROJECTION
___perpendicular to
the IR
* CR perpendicular to
______
* Best demonstrate the
_______
*ss: _______
OML
nasion
frontal and parietal
bones.
Petrous pyramid fills
the orbit