Semester 1 imaging procedures Final exam review Flashcards
Evaluation criteria for a PA chest
Entire lungs from apices to costophrentic angles
No rotation
Scapula out of lung field
Outlines of heart and diaphragm
What’s demonstrated in the mediastinum
❤️ great vessels esophagus thymus lymphatics nerves tissue fat
What happens to diaphragm on inspiration
Diaphragm is lowered
What happens to diaphragm on Expirations
Diaphragm is elevated
How do you know if a patient took a deep breath?
10 posterior ribs visual
Why is a chest X-ray done at 72in
To demonstrate air/fluid levels
Move diaphragm to its lowest position
Minimize distortion/ magnification of ❤️ And vessels
Average body type 1/2 of population
Sthenic
Massive build high transverse organs short broad lungs
Hypersthenic
Long narrow thoracic cavity low midline stomach and gallbladder
Asthenic
Passes vertically through body dividing it into anterior and posterior half’s
MCP mid coronal plane
Imaginary plane divides body into equal right & left halfs
Midsagittal
What needs to be included on an upright abdomen?
Diaphragm
What needs to be included on a supine abdomen?
From pubic synthesis to diaphragm
Why do we do an upper right abdomen what pathology do we see?
Free air levels
Why do we do a left lateral decubitus abdomen?
When the patient can’t stand
What is a pneumothorax?
Air in the pleural cavity
What articulations must be included on a PA of the second digit?
From fingertip to distal portion of ajoining metacarpal
Proper positioning for a forearm AP?
Supinate hand, extend elbow, dorsal surface of arm against IR, adjust humeral epicondyles parallel to IR, slight super imposition of radial head neck tuberosity over proximal ulna
Proper positioning for a lateral forearm?
Flex elbow 90°
entire forearm from wrist to distal humerus, superimposed radius and ulna at distal end, super imposition of epicondyles
super imposition of radial head over coronoid process
Which joint classification allows for the greatest range of motion?
Diarthrodial