Positioning lab

Question 1

erect or marked by a vertical position

Answer 1

upright

Question 2

upright position in which the patient is sitting on a chair or stool

Answer 2

seated

Question 3

refers to the patient lying down in any position (dorsal, ventral, or lateral)

Answer 3

recumbent

Question 4

lying on the back

Answer 4

supine

Question 5

lying face down

Answer 5

prone

Question 6

supine position with head tilted downward

Answer 6

trendelenburg

Question 7

supine with head higher than the feet

Answer 7

fowler

Question 8

recumbent position with the patient lying on the left anterior side with left leg extended and the right knee and thigh partially flexed

Answer 8

sim’s

Question 9

supine with the knees and hip flexed and thighs abducted and rotated externally

Answer 9

lithotomy

Question 10

patient’s side is placed against the IR with the lateral side in the path of the central ray

Answer 10

lateral

Question 11

rotating the body or part so that the coronal plane is not parallel with the IR

Answer 11

oblique

Question 12

right side anterior surface closest to the IR

Answer 12

RAO (right anterior oblique)

Question 13

left side anterior surface closest to the IR

Answer 13

LAO (left anterior oblique)

Question 14

right side posterior surface closest to the IR

Answer 14

RPO (right posterior oblique)

Question 15

left side posterior surface closest to the IR

Answer 15

LPO (left posterior oblique)

Question 16

patient is lying down and the central ray is horizontal and parallel with the floor

Answer 16

decubitus

Question 17

lying on the side either facing the tube or IR

Answer 17

lateral (left or right)

Question 18

supine with horizontal beam entering the lateral side

Answer 18

dorsal decubitus

Question 19

prone with horizontal beam entering the lateral side (also know as cross table or cross table lateral)

Answer 19

ventral decubitus

Question 20

patient is in an upright position leaning back, touching the shoulders to the IR

Answer 20

lordotic