Introductory

In the anatomical position, the hands are:

• adducted

• pronated

• supinated

• flexed

A patient twisted his ankle playing volleyball. The Medical Radiation Technologist asks the patient if he can flex his foot upward at the ankle joint. This is termed?

• plantarflexion

• adduction

• dorsiflexion

• lateral flexion

When an imaginary line divides the body into equal right and left halves, this is called:

• coronal

• sagittal

• midcornal

• midsagittal

A projection in which the CR skims a body part is termed:

• tangential

• decubitus

• axial

• lordotic

The patient pictured is in which of the following radiographic positions?

• LAO

• RAO

• LPO

• RPO

What palpable bony landmark is at the level of C2, C3?

• the angle of the mandible

• the mastoid tip

• the laryngeal prominence

• the sternal notch

Radiographs of the fingers, hands and wrists are generally displayed:

• with digits pointing to the left for the right hand

• with digits pointing down

• with digits in anatomical position

• with digits pointing up

Another term to describe a horizontal body plane, as shown in the image below, is:

• axial

• lateral

• coronal

• oblique

The wrist would be considered _____ to the elbow

• proximal

• lateral

• distal

• medial

A 14 yr old male patient has fallen off his skateboard and is complaining of pain in his distal forearm. An x-ray of his right forearm is ordered. What is the minimum number of projections that would be required?

• 1

• 3

• 2

• 4