Standard Terminology For Positioning and Projection Flashcards
Restricted to the discussion of the path of the central ray
Radiographic Projection
Describes the body part as seen by the image receptor. Restricted to the discussion of a Radiographic or image.
Radiographic View
Refers to specific body position, such as supine, prone, recumbent erect, or Trendelenburg:
Radiographic Position
Restriction to the discussion of the patient’s physical position
Radiographic Position
Restricted to the discussion of a Radiograph or Image
Radiographic View
Path of the central ray
Radiographic Projection
Ventral Decubitus
4 Decubitus
- Ventral Decubitus
- Dorsal Decubitus
- Left Lateral Decubitus
- Right Lateral Decubitus
The patient is lying on their stomach with a horizontal beam the position is:
Ventral Decubitus
The patient is lying on their back with a horizontal beam what position is that:
Dorsal Decubitus
What study would you do this position for?
Double Contrast Barium Enema for the Rectum
What study would you do this position for?
Double Contrast Barium Enema for the Rectum
Why would you do a ventral decubitus where the patient is lying face downward?
Double Contrast Barium Enema
Why would you do a dorsal decubitus when the patient is lying down on their back?
To determine whether there is an aortic aneurism or not
What position is this patient in?
Dorsal Decubitus Position
What position is this?
Right anterior oblique position
RAO
What position is this?
Left posterior oblique position
LPO position
What position is this?
Left posterior oblique position
LPO position
Identify the position:
Right posterior oblique position
RPO position
Identify the position:
Right lateral decubitus
Identify the position:
Right lateral decubitus
Left lateral decubitus position
Left lateral decubitus position
Is this the correct position for the right pleural effusion?
No, Right Lateral Decubitus would be done.
Is this the correct position for the right pleural effusion?
No, would be the position for left plueral effusion
Or
Right pneumothorax
Incomplete fracture usually found in pediatric patients or children, breaks on one side or the cortex and not the other
Greenstick Fracture
More than two fracture fragments
Comminuted fracture
More than two fracture fragments
Comminuted fracture
Occurs as a result of falling onto the wrist in extension the fracture is posterior
Colles fracture
Fracture of the distal radius, it is caused by blow to the forearm, or flexion of the wrist
Smiths Fracture
Fracture of the vertebrae or if the patient is falling out of the window
Compression fracture
Open fracture or compound
Fracture broken through the skin
Distal fracture fragment is displaced:
Ventrally (Vollary)
Colles fracture the fragment is displaced:
Dorsally
What fracture?
Smiths fracture
What fracture?
Colles
What fracture?
Colle’s Fracture
Pathological Fracture
Fracture that occurs as a result of disease, cancer
Bimalleolar Fracture
Bimalleolar fracture
Trimolleolar fracture
Trimalleolar Fracture
Boxers fracture
What is fractured in the boxer’s fracture?
The head of the fifth metacarpal
Boxer’s Fracture
What makes up the Appendicular Skeleton?
Shoulder Girdle and Pelvic Girdle
What comprises the axial skeleton?
Head, spine, thorax, ribs
How many bones make up the appendicular skeleton?
126 bones
How many bones make up the axial skeleton?
80 bones
What are the four classifications of bones?
Long
Short
Flat
Irregular
What classification of bones are the phalanges?
Long bones
We have 8 carpals and 7 tarsals what classification of bones are these?
Short!
Scapula, sternum, bones of cranium parietal bones are what types of bones?
Flat bones
The site of bone marrow production:
Flat bones
Vertebrae and symphysis pubis are what type of bones?
Irregular Bones
What does line 4 represent?
Coronoid process
What position shows the coronoid process in profile?
-The elbow with the hand pronated
*Medial Oblique of the elbow
What does the first red line on the left represent?
Coronoid process
Ramus
The bottom red line
Body
Very slender body habitus
(Asthenic)
10%
Slender body habitus (hyposthenic)
35%
Hypersthenic massive body percentage:
5%
Sthenic body habitus (average) percentage:
50%
For an Asthenic patient place the cassette:
Portrait
For a hypersthenic patient place the cassette:
Landscape
Name these
- Sthenic
- Hyposthenic
- Asthenic
- Hypersthenic
Name these
- Sthenic
- Hyposthenic
- Asthenic
- Hypersthenic
What study is this?
Name the body habitus?
Upper GI and Small Bowel
- Hypersthenic
- Sthenic (PA of stomach)
- Hyposthenic/Asthenic
Where is the duodenal bulb located in a Hypersthenic patient?
To the right of the midline
Level of T11-T12
Where is the duodenal bulb located in a Sthenic Patient
Slightly to the right of the midline
Level of L1-L2
Duodenal bulb location for a Asthenic Patient/Hyposthenic Patient:
At the midline
L3-L4
Hypersthenic
Sthenic
Hyposthenic
Asthenic
The xiphoid process or end of the sternum is at the level of:
T9
T10
Mastoid tip is at the level of:
C1
Gonion or angle of the Mandible is at the level of:
C2-C3
The hyoid bone is at the level of:
C3, C4
The thyroid cartilage is at the level of:
C5
The vertebral prominence is at the level of:
C7, T1
Approximately 5 cm above the jugular notch:
T1
Level of the jugular notch
T2-T3
Level of the sternal angle
T4-T5
Level of the inferior angle of the scapula:
T7
Level of the xiphoid process
T9-T10
Inferior costal margin:
Level of L2, L3
Level of superior aspect of the iliac crest
L4-L5
Level of the anterior superior cervical spine:
S1, S2
Level of the pubic symphysis and greater trochanters
Coccyx
Epiphysis
Epiphyseal line
The child is not done growing
Epiphysis
Epiphyseal line
The child is not done growing
The secondary center for ossification
Epiphysis
Primary center of ossification is:
In the shaft of the bone
Not a child this is an adult
Infant or child
Infant or child
Infant or child
What study would we do if we x-rayed the left hand and wrist on a kid:
Bone Age
The protocol for bone age:
Left hand and wrist
The primary center of ossification
Diaphysis
After the diaphysis before you get to the epiphysis
Metaphysis
The body has how many regions:
9
The body has how many quadrants?
4
The appendix is in what quadrant:
RLQ
The liver is in what quadrant?
RUQ
The names of the lines that divide the body into regions:
Addison’s Plane
Diploe
Middle table of the skull
Cancellous bone that is between the inner and outer table of the skull
The plane that divides the body into equal right and left halves:
Midsagittal Plane
The plane that is parallel to the midsagittal plane:
Sagittal plane
The plane that divides the body into equal anterior and posterior:
Midcoronal plane
As an invent of CT we have a:
Transverse plane
Axial Plane
The plane that divides the body into top and bottom:
Transverse
Axial
The x-axis:
Left to Right
Sagittal
The Y-axis:
Front to back
Coronal
Z-axis:
Head to Toe
The importance of two x-rays at right angles
The importance of two x-rays at right angles
The importance of two x-rays at right angles
