Radiographic positioning(1)

The plane that divides the body into right and left parts.

• Coronal plane

• Sagittal plane

• Axial Plane

• Oblique plane

The plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts.

• Sagittal plane

• Axial plane

• Coronal plane

• Oblique plane

The plane that passes through the body at right angles to a longitudinal plane, dividing the body into superior and inferior portions.

• Sagittal plane

• Coronal plane

• Horizontal (axial) plane

• Oblique

Refers to the back half of the patient, or the part of the body seen when the person is viewed from the back.

• Anterior

• Posterior

• Axial

• lateral

Refers to front half of the patient, or the part seen when viewed from the front.

• Posterior

• Anterior

• Dorsal

• lateral

Refers to the sole or posterior surface of the foot.

• Dorsal

• visceral

• Lateral

• Planter

Refers to the top or anterior surface of the foot

• Planter

• Lateral

• Dorsal

• Axial

Palmar

• Posterior surface of the hand

• Anterior surface of the hand

• Anterior surface of the foot

• Posterior surface of the foot

The term that describes the direction or path of the CR of the x-ray beam as it passes through the patient.

• Projection

• View

• Position

• Central ray

The CR enters at the posterior surface and exits at the anterior surface.

• AP projection

• PA projection

• Lateral Projection

• Oblique projection