upper extremity test

Question 1

view done to demonstrate the GH int space open and greater tubercle in profile

Answer 1

external rotation

Question 2

view done to demonstrate the lesser tubercle in profile

Answer 2

internal rotation

Question 3

view that is the only UE view that can be done in AP or PA position

Answer 3

lateral humerus

Question 4

opposing view to the PA clavicle

Answer 4

AP axial

Question 5

degree and direction of tube tilt needed for a Y view of the shoulder

Answer 5

15 degrees caudal

Question 6

where does the CR enter for the Y view of the shoulder

Answer 6

upper medial border of scapula

Question 7

why a PA clavicle is performed as opposed to an AP clavicle

Answer 7

prevents distortion, puts part closer to film

Question 8

what joint must be included in a humerus series

Answer 8

both or one closest to injury

Question 9

view done to demonstrate radial head and neck free of superimposition

Answer 9

external oblique elbow

Question 10

view done to see the coranoid process

Answer 10

internal oblique elbow

Question 11

explain what would happen if the hand was pronated for an AP forearm

Answer 11

radius superimposes ulna

Question 12

what joint must be included in a forearm series

Answer 12

both or one closest to injury

Question 13

15 degrees cephalic is the degree and direction of tube tilt for what UE view

Answer 13

AP clavicle

Question 14

what view best demonstrates the greater tubercle

Answer 14

external rotation shoulder

Question 15

what is the degree and direction of tube tilt for an ulnar flexion view

Answer 15

20 degrees cephalic

Question 16

view best demonstrates the lesser tubercle

Answer 16

internal rotation shoulder

Question 17

view best demonstrates the radial head and neck

Answer 17

external oblique elbow

Question 18

view best demonstrates the coranoid process

Answer 18

internal oblique elbow

Question 19

routine views of the wrist series

Answer 19

PA, oblique, lateral

Question 20

explain what the Y view of the shoulder demonstrates

Answer 20

shoulder impingement, dislocation

Question 21

15 degrees caudal is the degree and direction of tube tilt needed for what UE view

Answer 21

shoulder Y view

Question 22

CR placed in the middle of the GH joint space for an internal oblique shoulder, where will the top of the film end up being in relation to the top of the shoulder

Answer 22

1.5” above shoulder

Question 23

20 degrees cephalic is the degree and direction of tube tilt needed for what UE view

Answer 23

ulnar flexion

Question 24

purpose of a lateral hand view

Answer 24

fracture of location of foreign body