Radio 2 Flashcards
What is the location of the psoas fat pad?
Medial to iliacus muscle and femoral neck
What position is the leg in when a frog leg view is taken?
Lateral
What is phleboliths, were are they found
No clinical significance.
Small venous stones found in pelvic basin
What is kohelers teardrop and what is its significance
A confluence of osseous structures. Sclerotic interior which suggest pathology Ilioishial line inferior Acetabular notch Medial acetabular wall
We’re is an Os acetabulum found?
Adjacent to the lateral margins of the acetabulum
What are paraglenoid sulci and what gender are they most exclusively seen
Grooves or notches in the inferior ilia immediately adjacent to the SI joints
Female
What shouldn’t an acetabular roof be confused with?
Degenerative sclerosis
What is an APLC and what is it used for viewing?
AP of lower cervical C3-C7
What is an APOM view and what does it visualise
APopen mouse (C1-C2)
What is lateral cervical view used for viewing
Sagitall anatomy C7 and sella turcia
What is the fuchs view for? And how is it different from AP open mouth
Evaluates dens and atlas if patient can’t open their mouth
What is pillar view used for? Is it done bilaterally or unilaterally
Evaluate articular pillas for fractures. Done bilaterally to be compared
What are periodontal interspaces seen
AP open mouth and lateral aspect of dens and lateral masses of C1
What is spina bifida occulta and what’s it called when it is seen at C1
Failure of union of lamina to spinous process. Or cleft in the spinous process
If at C1, it’s called cleft posterior arch
What is the ossification of the atlanto-occipital membrane
Posterior ponticle forms accurate foramina and vertebral artery
What is the failure of union of the secondary centre at the tip of the odontoid
Ossiculum terminale
We’re is an ununited apophysis most likely to be seen in the cervical region
C7 sP
What can a congenital block vertebrae predispose the patient to and what syndrome is it assosiated with
Instability and degenerative joint disease. Assosiated with dysplasia.
What is occipitalization
Failure of segmention between occiput and C1
What level are cervical ribs most likely to occur in and what have their being found to be assosiated with
C7, and thoracic outlet syndrome