Topic 4: Pelvic Girdle Flashcards
What does the pelvic girdle consist of?
What are the skeletal anatomy and articulations of the pelvic girdle? Give a brief description for each?
What are the projections for the pelvis? CPs? Angulation? Part rotation?
What are the projections for the hip? CPs? Angulation? Part rotation?
What are the three bony structures that can help to identify if a patient is rotated? If the patient is rotated, what happens to these structures?
What anatomy is presented on projections of the pelvis?
What anatomy is presented on projections of the hip?
List the pelvic girdle projections from lowest to highest kVp range.
Asymmetrical obturator foramen, with the left one being more open than the right, means the patient is rotated too far to what side?