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80 Cards in this Set
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Which side are we observing in the Cervical Right Posterior Oblique View?
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Left IVF because it is perpendicular to the bucky
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Which side are we observing in a Cervical Right Anterior Oblique View?
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Right IVF - because it is perpendicular to the bucky
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Which side are we observing in a Cervical Left Anterior Oblique view?
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Left IVF because the left side is perpendicular to the bucky.
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Which side are we observing with a Cervical Left posterior oblique view?
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The Right IVF because it is perpendicular to the bucky
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What is the tube tilt for Cervical Anterior obliques?
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Caudal 15 degrees
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What is the tube tilt for cervical posterior obliques?
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Cephalad 15 degrees
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What is the shape of the pedicle perpendicular to the film in a cervical oblique view?
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Circle
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What is the shape of a pedicle parralell to the film in a cervical oblique view?
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Bar
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Where is the nameplate on a cervical anterior oblique view?
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Upper right/lower left
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Where is the nameplate on a posterior cervical oblique view?
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Upper left/lower right
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Where is the marker on a cervical anterior oblique view?
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Closer to the spinous processes
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Where is the marker on a cervical posterior oblique view?
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Closer to the vertebral bodies
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Lateral cervical view, how is the CR positioned?
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L to R or R to L - Doctor preference unless scoliosis - then into the concavity.
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Lateral Cervical View - Patient position
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Patient's coronal plane is perpendicular to the bucky.
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Lateral Cervical view - tube tilt
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None
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Lateral cervical view demonstrates
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Vertebral body hight & width, intervertebral disc height, cervical curvature and ADI
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ADI measurment
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Less than 3mm in an adult and less than 5mm in a child
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Lateral cervical view also deomonstrates
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Sella Turcica, prevertebral soft tissue, airways
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Measurements of the sella turcica
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S-I 4-12, avg 8
A-P 5-16, avg 11 |
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Level of the Retropharangeal Interspace
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C1-C3
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Level of the Retrolaryengeal interspace
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C4-C5
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Level of the retroesophageal interspace
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C6-C7
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Anteroposterior cervical view is also called
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Lower Cervical View
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Anteroposterior View (Lower Cervical View) Tube Tilt
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15 degress cephalad
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Anteroposterior view (lower cervical) Patient Position
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Coronal plane parallel to the bucky, midsagital plane aligned with midline of the bucky
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Anteroposterior Cervical View (lower cervical) deomonstrates
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Joints of lushka, body structures, soft tissue (trachea in the midline), air space (apex of the lung)
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Anteroposterior Cervical (lower cervical) CR and tube tilt
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CR: A to P
Tube tilt: 15 degrees cephelad |
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What is patient postion for A-P Open Mouth?
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Coronal plane is paralell to the bucky, mouth is open and either head is extended 15 degrees and CR is paralell to the floor or hard pallate is paralell to the floor and CR is 15 degrees cephelad
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A-P Open Mouth demonstrates
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Atlas, axis and joint spaces
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Flexion and Extension Views
Patient position |
Coronal plane perpendicular to the bucky, with full flexion or extension of the head
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Flexion and Extension views demonstrates
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ADI - should not deviate more than 1mm from lateral view
Cervial curve Mobility of Cervical spine |
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Cervical Obliques - CR position
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Anterior to posterior for posterior views
Posterior to anterior for anterior views |
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Cervical Obliques - patient position
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Coronal plane is angled 45 degrees to the bucky.
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Cervical obliques - Tube Tilt
Cervical obliques demonstrate |
Cephalad for Posterior
Caudal for Anterior Demonstrates IVFs |
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Anteriorposterior Thoracics-Patient position
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Anterior toward CR, posterior to the bucky - coronal plane paralell to the bucky (if obese, supine)
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Anterioposterior Thoracic -Tube Tilt
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None
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Anterioposterior Thoracic - Demonstrates
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ribs, lung field, thoracic spine and sternum
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Lateral Thoracic - CR and Patient position
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R to L or L to R
Coronal plane is perpendicular to the bucky |
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Lateral thoracic Tube Tilt and Demonstrates
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None
Thoracic spine, lung field, heart shadow, ribs |
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Lateral Cervicothoracic AKA Swimmer's view - CR
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Obliquely L to R or Obliquely R to L
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Lateral cervicothoracic View- patient position
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Patient rotated 10-20 degrees off perpendicular to the bucky with arm near bucky flexed and other arm extended
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Swimmer's View (Lateral cervicothoracic) - Tube tilt
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Caudal 15 degrees
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Swimmer's View (lateral cervical thoracic) demonstrates
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lower cervical spine and upper thoracic spine - only taken when these are not seen clearly on lateral views.
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A-P Lumbar View - Tube Tilt, patient position
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Coronal plane paralell to the bucky, midsagital plane aligned with the midline of the bucky
No tube tilt |
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A-P Lumbar Demonstrates
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Lumbar, pelvis, soft abdominal tissues, sacrum and hips
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Lateral Lumbosacral - CR and Patient position
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R to L or L to R
Coronal plane perpendicular to the bucky |
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Lateral Lumbosacral - Tube Tilt and Demonstrates
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None
Lumbar spine, sacrom, coccyx and soft tissue |
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Lumbar Obliques - Patient position and Tube Tilt
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A-P for posterior obliques
P-A for Anterior obliques None |
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Lumbar Obliques - Patient position and demonstrates
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Coronal plane 45 degress to the bucky
Demonstrates the scotty dog to observe the integrity of the pars interarticularis |
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A-P Pelvis - Tube Tilt and Patient position
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Coronal plane is paralell to the bucky with their midsagittal plane aligned with the midline
Tube tilt - None |
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A-P Pelvis -Demonstrates
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Both inominates, sacrum, proximal femur head, coccyx and soft tissue
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A-P Sacrum - Tube tilt and paiteint position
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Cephelad 15 degrees (perpendicular to the sacrum)
Coronal plane paralell to the bucky |
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On a Lateral Flexion what are we evaluating?
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1. Straight line along the vertebral bodies with no stairstepping.
2. posterior cervical line along the most convex portion of the spinolaminar junction |
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Where is George's line drawn?
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On the most posterior aspect of the vertebral bodies.
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Normal interspinous spacing
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equal amount of distance between the spinous processes on flexion, shown in the lateral flexion view.
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Occipito-Atlanto joint
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Space between lateral mass and occipital condyle, shown on the APOM
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Posterior costophrenic sulcus
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The lowest point in the chest cavity. Fluids can accumulate here. Where the diagphram meets the ribcage.
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Retrocardiac interspace
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From the back of the heart to the front of the vertebral bodies on lateral thoracic
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Paraspinal line
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Density in the thoracic between the lung field and the vertebral bodies representing the density difference between the airspace in the lung and the soft tissue and fluid outside of the lung.
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Anterior ribs
vs. posterior ribs |
Anterior angle down, posterior are horizontal
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1/3 of the heart is on the_____
2/3 of the heart is on the ____ |
right
left |
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Connects the superior articular process and the inferior articular process of a segment
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pars interarticularis
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Sacral promontory
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The superior, anterior process of sacrum
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In the A-P lumbopelvic view, the inferior articular process of the segment above is closer to
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Bodies (more medial)
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In A-P lumbopelvic view, the superior articular process of the segment below is more
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lateral
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Indentation on the femur head
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fovia capitus
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In an A-P thoracic view, are the name plate and heart shadow on the same side?
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Yes
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Name 5 things an AP Cervical demonstrates
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Bony structures, joints of lushka, soft tissue (trachea air space), apex of the lungs (air space)
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RAO - where is the nameplate?
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Upper Right
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In a cervical RPO is the marker closer to the spinous or the body
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Body
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In a cervical LPO which IVF are we looing at?
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Right IVF
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In a cervical RAO is the right pedical a bar or a circle?
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The right is a bar
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In a cervical RAO is the marker closer to the spinous or the body?
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Spinous
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In a cervical LAO is the left pedicle a bar or a circle
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Bar
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In a cervical RAO which IVF are we looking at?
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Right
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IN a cervical LPO the marker is closer to spinous or bodies?
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body
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LAO and RPO both look at which side?
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Left IVF
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LAO and RPO the left pedicle is a
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Bar
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RAO and LPO both look at the
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Right IVF
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RAO and LPO the Left pedicle is a
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circle
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