Which body plane divides the body into right and left segments?
Sagittal plane
Which of the following anatomic terms describes the palm of the hand?
Palmar
Bending of the elbow is referred to as
Flexion
The term projection is defined as the:
Path of the central ray as it exits the x-ray tube and passes through the patient
The name of the radiographic position in which the patient s right side is placed against the image receptor and the CR enters the left side of the body is the:
Right lateral position
The name of the radiographic projection in which the central ray enters the medial aspect of the knee and exits the lateral aspect is:
Mediolateral
Which two conditions must be met for a decubitus position?
The patient must be lying down, and a horizontal x-ray beam is utilized.
This attached image demostrates what positon?
LPO
This image indicates what type of projection.
AP projection
This patient is in what position
RAO
This patient is in what position?
Trendelenburg
Rationale for taking a minimum of two projections of body parts such as the chest include:
1. Visualization of overlapping structures
2. Localization of foreign objects
3. Evaluation of fracture alignment
1,2,3
The opposite term for supination is:
pronation
Which of the following positions is often used to insert a rectal enema tip prior to a barium enema study?
Modified Sim’s
The radiographic position in which the patient is turned 90° from an AP projection with the left side of the body placed against the image receptor (IR) is the:
Left lateral
what is A
Horizontal plane
WHAT IS B
Sagittal plane
WHAT IS C
Coronal plane
WHAT IS D
Oblique plane
WHAT IS E
MID CORONAL PLANE
WHAT IS F
MID SAGITTAL PLANE
WHAT IS H
Oblique plane
WHAT IS G
Coronal plane
WHAT IS I
Sagittal plane
A tangential projection is one in which the central ray _____ ______ a body surface to project it free of superimposition.