Ch. 2 and 3

In the “anatomic position,” the palms of the hands are facing:

• backward

• to the side

• forward

• towards the floor

A plane passing through the body parallel to the MCP is what kind of plane?

• coronal

• sagittal

• oblique

• transverse

S1 and S2 are located at the level of the:

• costal margin.

  
  

• umbilicus.

  
  

• superior aspect of the iliac crests.

  
  

• anterior superior iliac spines (ASISs).

  
  

Bones have a membrane lining the inner surface called:

• Epiphyseal plate

• Cartilage

• Peritoneum

• Endosteum

The term that may also be used to refer to the posterior surface of the body is:

• ventral

• dorsal

• plantar

• volar

The term that refers to angling the central ray toward the head is

• cephalad

• caudal

• dorsal

• cranial

Which of the following is an x-ray “projection”?

• dorsal

• RPO

• right lateral decubitus

• tangential

What is the patient position here?

• RAO

• LAO

• LPO

• RPO

This patient is in what type of oblique position?

• RAO

• LAO

• RPO

• LPO

the axial skeleton is comprised of how many bones?

• 206

• 126

• 80

• 106