RAD 103 Projections and positions

How would you describe a patient who is in the LPO position?

• the patient’s left posterior side is closest to the table or upright Bucky

• the patient’s right posterior side is closest to the table or upright Bucky

• the patient’s left anterior side is closest to the table or upright Bucky

• the patient’s right anterior side is closest to the table or upright Bucky

The patient is standing at the upright Bucky with his/her ventral side closest to the IR. Which of the following accurately describes this position/projection?

• anteroposterior (AP)

• posteroanterior (PA)

• tangential

• axial

The hand is _______________ to the shoulder.

• lateral

• medial

• proximal

• distal

Turning the foot outward at the ankle is termed.

• adduction

• abduction

• flexion

• eversion

When the patient is positioned on the x-ray table with his/her head higher than feet, he/she is said to be in what position?

• Fowler’s

• Trendelenburg

• Sim’s

• ventral decubitus

What plane divides the body into equal right and left halves?

• sagittal

• midsagittal

• coronal

• midcoronal

Projection describes the:

• direction of travel of the x-ray beam

• actual patient position in relationship to the x-ray

• general body position

• part as seen by the image recorder

Your patient in the RAO position on the x-ray table and you are using a vertical CR (Central Ray). What is the relationship between the CR and the IR (image receptor)?

• 45-degrees

• parallel

• perpendicular

• tangential

Identify the projection/position

• LPO

• RAO

• lateral

• AP

• PA

Identify the position

• LPO

• LAO

• RAO

• RPO