Soft Tissue Neck

Question 1

Soft tissue neck
Lateral position
Pt position?

Answer 1

°Clasp hands Behind Body & Rotate Shoulders Posteriorly As far as possible
↳ shoulders out of way from Neck (Sup mediastinum)

°Center Airway to midline of IR
(trachea lies in Coronal plane tht passes ~ midway between Jugular notch& Mid Coronal plane

° Center IR to Lvl of Laryngeal prominence
(upper airway)
or manubrium
(Larynx + sup. mediastinum)

Question 2

Why do we rotate shoulders posteriorly as far as possible for this projection?

Answer 2

Soft Tissue neck
Lateral projection

↳ shoulders out of way from Neck (Sup mediastinum)

Question 3

Trachea lies in ________ _______ that passes…

Answer 3

CORONAL PLANE, that passes midway between Jugular notch & midcoronal plane

Question 4

Soft tissue neck
Lateral projection

CR?

Answer 4

For: Upper Airway

Horizontal thru MID coronal plane
@Lvl of Laryngeal prominence

Question 5

Soft Tissue Neck
Lateral Projection

CR?

Answer 5

For: Trachea & Superior Mediastinum

@Lvl of Jugular Notch (point midway between Jugular Notch & Mid Coronal plane

Question 6

where do you center the IR for Upper airway?

Answer 6

to Lvl of Laryngeal Prominence

Question 7

Where do you center the IR for the Trachea & Superior Mediastinum? AP PROJECTION

Answer 7

Manubrium (Larynx & Sup Mediastinum)

Question 8

Whats the Collimation. & SID Pt position? for Soft tisue neck Lateral Projection?

Answer 8

10x12 LW
SID= 40”
Position = L or R

Question 9

whats the reason for a Soft tissue Neck. in Lateral. Projection?

Answer 9

To. locate Foreign Bodies

Question 10

2 Evaluation Criteria

Answer 10

~ Air-Filled Upper Airway (From pharynx to prox trachea)

~ No rotation or tilt of Cervical Spine
SUPERIMPOSED Zygapophyseal joints & OPEN Intervertebral joints

mandibles superimposed (not in. book but she said it)

Question 11

Respiration for AP and Lateral Soft tissue Neck? Why oo why?

Answer 11

slow inspiration to ensure trachea is filled with air

MOUTH CLOSED IN THRU NOSE

Question 12

Projection? Collimation? SID

Answer 12

Soft Tissue Neck
AP Projection

Colli: 10X12 LW
SID: 40”

Question 13

Soft Tissue Neck
AP Projection

Position of Pt?

Answer 13

~SUPINE or UPRIGHT (depends on pt condition)

~Center Midsagittal plane to midline of grid

~Adjust pt SHOULDERS to lie in sam TRANSVERSE plane

~Extend. pts neck slightly so MSP is perp to IR plane

~Center IR @ lvl of Laryngeal Prominence (UPPER AIRWAY)

Question 14

Soft Tissue Neck
AP Projection

Where do we center the IR and. whats the CR?

Answer 14

to Manubrium ( For Larynx + Superior Mediastinum)

CR: Perp thru MSP @ Lvl. Of ^^^^

Question 15

whats the CR for this?

Answer 15

PERP thru MSP @ LVL of Laryngeal Prominence (Upper Airway)

Question 16

3 Evaluation for Soft Tissue Neck
AP Projection

Answer 16

~ Air Filled Upper Airway from Pharynx to Proximal. trachea (UPPER AIRWAY)

~ AIr filled airway from midcervical to midthoracic region (TRACHEA & SUPERIOR MEDIASTINUM)

~NO. ROTATION w/Spinous processes equidistant to pedicles & aligned w midline of cervical bodies