RADIOGRAPHIC POSITIONING EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Radiographic Position - Answer-Refers to specific body position
Radiographic Projection - Answer-Refers to path of central ray
Lying Down - Answer-supine, prone, deecubitus, recumbent
Erect or Upright - Answer-anterior position, posterior position, oblique position
Supine - Answer-lying on back
Prone - Answer-lying face down
decubitus - Answer-Patient lying down (recumbent) on one of the following body
surfaces: back (dorsal), front (ventral), side (right or left); a horizontal beam is always
used with central ray parallel to the floor
Recumbent - Answer-describes any position in which the patient is lying down
Anterior position - Answer-Facing Image receptor
Posterior position - Answer-Facing radiographic tube
Oblique position - Answer-Angled 45* to IR; named by side closest to IR
Right Anterior Oblique Position - Answer-Body at 45* with right anterior side closest to
film
Left Anterior Oblique - Answer-Body at 45* with left anterior closest to IR
Right Posterior Oblique - Answer-Body at 45* with right posterior closest to IR
Left Posterior Oblique - Answer-Body at 45* with left posterior closest to IR
Lateral position - Answer-Side of body to IR; named by side closest ot IR
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