review odd positions

what is the most commonly fractured carpal bone

• lunate

• scaphoid

• pisiform

• captitate

which of the following articulations is/are well visualized in the extension lateral position of the hand

1) radiocarpal

2) 1st metacarpal

3) proximal interphalangeal

• 1 only

• 2 only

• 2 and 3

• 1,2,3

To demonstrate the entire circumference of the radial head, the required exposure(s) must include

1) epicondyles perpendicular to the IR

2) hand pronated

3) hand externally rotated with thumb up

• 1

• 1 and 2

• 1 and 3

• 1,2 and 3

Which of the following can be used to demonstrate the intercondyloid fossa?

1) prone, knee flexed 40 degrees, CR directed caudad 40 degrees to the poplieal fossa

2) supine, IR under flexed knee, CR directed cephalad to knee, perendicular to tibia

3) prone, patella parallel to IR, heel rotated 5-10 degrees lateral, CR perpendicular to knee joint

• 1

• 1 and 2

• 2 and 3

• 1, 2,3

Shoulder arthrography is used to demonstrate which of the following conditions. select 3

• rotator cuff tear

• articular cartilage damage

• joint capsule abnormalities

• arthritic changes

which cholangiographic procedure uses an indwelling drainage tube for contrast medium

• ERCP

• Operative cholangiography

• t-tube cholangiography

• percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography

The structures of the proximal radius, including the radial head and tuberosity are either partially or completely superimposed on all projections of the elbow except:

• coyle method, with flexion of 80 degrees at the elbow joint and the tube angled 45 degrees away from the shoulder

• AP projection of the elbow

• AP oblique with medial rotation

• AP oblique with lateral rotation

Which of the following projections of the ankle would best demonstrate the distal tibiofibular joint?

• medial oblique 15-20 degrees

• lateral oblique 15-20 degrees

• medial oblique 45 degrees

• lateral oblique 45 degrees