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WorksheetsKnee/ patella/femur
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How are the femur epicondyles positioned to the IR for the AP projection of the knee?
Perpendicular
Parallel
Obliqued
The patella typically sits off center and more ?.
Medially
Laterally
Superiorly
Inferiorly
For an ASIS measurement of 21 cm, how should the CR be directed to the IR for the AP projection of the knee?
caudad
cephalic
perp
parallel
The tibial plateau slopes distally approximately ...
5-7 degrees
3-5 degrees
10-15 degrees
0 degrees
Select the structures shown in the AP projection of the knee.
patella
medial condyle
proximal tib/fib
knee joint
How much is the CR angled and in what direction for a lateral standing knee projection?
3-5 caudal
3-5 cephalic
perp
5-7 cephalic
5-7 caudal
Where does the CR enter for this projection?
At knee joint
1/2" distal to patellar base
1" distal to medial femoral epicondyle
1/2" inferior to patellar apex
1" inferior to medial femoral epicondyle
How much is the knee flexed for this projection?
20-30 degrees
10-15 degrees
45 degrees
less than 10 degrees
40 degrees
For this projection, how much is the leg rotated and in which direction?
30 medially
45 medially
0 degrees
30 degrees laterally
45 degree laterally
The AP oblique projection of the knee with medial rotation demonstrates the fibula with ? tibial superimposition.
No
slight
complete
On an AP oblique projection of the knee the patella is demonstrated over the lateral femur epicondyle. which way is the knee rotated?
medially
laterally
was not rotated
In the PA axial (Holmblad method) projection of the intercondylar fossa, how is the tibia positioned to the IR?
Parallel
Perpendicular
70 degrees
20 degrees
Which method of the intercondylar fossa, PA Axial projection, places the femur at 70 degrees from the IR?
Holmblad
Camp-Coventry
Beclere
Merchant
Which method for the intercondylar fossa places the femur parallel to the IR?
Holmblad
Camp-conventy
Beclere
Merchant
Settegast
Which method for the intercondylar fossa flexes the knee 60 degrees.
Holmblad
Camp-coventry
Beclere
Merchant
Settagast
Which method of the tangential projection uses an Axial viewer?
Holmblad
Camp-coventry
Beclere
Merchant
Settagast
In the tangential projection for the patella (Settegast method), how is the patella positioned to the IR?
Parallel
Obliqued
Perpendicular
How much is the knee flexed for the lateral projection of the distal femur?
45 degrees
10-15 degrees
20-30 degrees
90 degrees
On the lateral projection of the proximal femur, how is the top of the IR placed?
at the level of ASIS
1" above iliac crest
1" above ASIS
1" below iliac crest
1" below ASIS
For the lateral projection of the proximal femur, how is the pelvis rotated from true later?
5-10 degrees anterior
5-10 posterior
10-15 posterior
10-15 anterior
