Positions and Procedures Quiz 1
Terms
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- Refers to forward or front part of the body or forward part of an organ.
- anterior (ventral)
- Refers to back part of a body or organ.
- posterior (dorsal)
- Refers to pars away from the head of the body.
- caudad
- Refers to parts toward the head of the body.
- cephalad
- Refers to nearer the head or situated above
- superior
- Refers to nearer the feet or situated below
- inferior
- Refers to parts toward the middle of another body part.
- medial
- Refers to parts away from the median plane of the body or away from the middle of another body part.
- lateral
- Refers to parts farthest from the point of attachment, point of reference, origin, or beginning; toward the center of the body.
- distal
- Refers to parts nearer the point of attachment, point of reference, origin, or beginning.
- proximal
- Refers to parts outside an organ or on the outside of the body.
- external
- Refers to parts within or on the inside of an organ.
- interal
- Refers to the palm of the hand.
- palmar
- Refers to sole of the foot
- plantar
- The path of the central ray as it exits the x-ray tube and goes through the patient to the IR.
- projection
- Refers to all projections in which the longitudinal angulation between the central ray and the long axis of the body part is 10 degrees or more.
- axial projection
- The central ray is directed toward the outer margin of a curved body surface to profile a body part just under the surface and project it free of superimposition.
- tangential projection
- A perpendicular central ray enters one side of the body or body part, passes transversely along the coronal plane, and e.xits on the opposite side
- lateral projection
- Used to identify the overall posture of the patient and the specific placement of the body part in relation to the radiographic table or IR.
- postition
- Erect or marked by a vertical position.
- upright
- Upright position in which the patient is sitting on a chair or stool.
- seated
- General term for referring to lying down in any position.
- recumbant
- Lying on the back.
- supine
- Lying face down.
- prone
- Supine position with the head tilted downward.
- Trendelenburg's position
- Supine position with the head higher than the feet.
- Fowler's position
- The assumed regualar position where the patient is parallel or perpendicular to the IR.
- Lateral position
- When the entire body or body part is rotated so that the coronal plane is not parallel with the radiographic table or IR.
- Oblique position
- The patient is lying down and the central ray is horizontal and parallel with the floor.
- Decubitus position
- Movement of a part away from the central axis of the body or body part.
- abduct or abduction
- Movement of a part toward the central axis of the body or body part.
- adduct or adduction
- Straightening of a joint; When both elements of the joint are in the anatomic position; the normal position of a joint.
- extension
- Act of bending a joint; the opposite of extension.
- flexion
- Rotation of the forearm so that the palm is down.
- pronate/pronation
- Rotation of the forearm so that the palm is up.
- supinate/supination
- A turning away from the regular standard of course.
- deviation