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RADIOGRAPHY- POSITIONING AND PROJECTION EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
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RADIOGRAPHY- POSITIONING ANDPROJECTION EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
Position - Answer-refers the the patient's actual physical position
Projection - Answer-refers to the path of the central ray
View - Answer-refers the the actual radiograph or image as seen from the film's
prospective
Anterior (ventral) - Answer-forward or front
Posterior (dorsal) - Answer-backward
Superior - Answer-nearer the head or above
Cephalad - Answer-nearer the head or above
Inferior - Answer-nearer the feet or below
Caudad - Answer-nearer the feet or below
Central - Answer-mid-area or main part of an organ
Peripheral - Answer-parts above or near the surface, edge, or outside
Lateral - Answer-away from the middle
Medial - Answer-toward the middle
Superficial - Answer-near the skin or surface
Deep - Answer-far from the surface
Proximal - Answer-nearer the point of origin or attachment
Distal - Answer-farther from the point of origin or attachment
External - Answer-outside an organ or on the outside of the body
Internal - Answer-within or on the inside of an organ
Parietal - Answer-refers to the wall or lining of a body cavity
, Visceral - Answer-refers to the organs within a body cavity
Ipsilateral - Answer-on the same side of the body
Contralateral - Answer-Located on the opposite side of the body
Palmar - Answer-refers to the palm of the hand
Volar - Answer-refers to the back of the hand
Plantar - Answer-refers to the sole of the foot
Dorsum pedis - Answer-refers to the top of the foot
Abduction - Answer-movement away from the central axis of the body or body part
Adduction - Answer-movement toward the central axis of the body or body part
Deviation - Answer-turning away from the regular standard of course
Eversion - Answer-outward turning of the foot at the ankle
Extension - Answer-straightening; increasing the angle at the joint.
Flexion - Answer-bending; decreasing the angle at the joint
Inversion - Answer-inward turning of the foot at the ankle
Pronation - Answer-rotation of the forearm to place the palm down
Rotation - Answer-turning of the body or the body part around its axis
Supination - Answer-rotation of the forearm to place the palm up
Tilt - Answer-tipping a body part in relation to the long axis of the body
AP oblique projection - Answer-CR enters the anterior and exits the posterior
AP projection - Answer-perpendicular CR enters the anterior and exits the posterior
Axial projection - Answer-longitudinal anglulation of CR with the long axis of the body or
body part
Central ray - Answer-geometric center of the x-ray beam
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