Ch5 Radiology p3

Which of the following clinical indications requires a decrease in manual exposure factors?

• Impingement syndrome

• Bursitis

• Bankart lesion

• Osteoporosis

The shoulder is the most common joint to develop bursitis due to repetitive motion

• True

• False

Rheumatoid arthritis is more prevalent in men over women

• True

• False

The most common injury to the rotator cuff is to the ____ tendon.

• Supraspinatus

• Infraspinatus

• Teres minor

• Subscapularis

Specifically, where is the central ray placed for an AP projection of the shoulder?

• CR perpendicular to IR

• Directed to 1 inch inferior to coracoid process

Which two shoulder projections are taken routinely for a shoulder (with no traumatic injury) and proximal humerus?

• AP, external rotation

• AP, internal rotation

Which lateral projection can be performed to demonstrate the entire humerus for a patient with a midhumeral fracture

• Transthoracic lateral projection for humerus

• AP humerus

• PA humerus

• AP scapula

To best demonstrate a possible Hill-Sachs defect, which additional positioning technique can be added to the inferosuperior axial (Lawerence method) projection?

• Angle central ray 10 - 15 degrees caudad

• Rotate affected arm externally approximately 45 degrees

• Angle central ray 3 - 5 degrees caudad

• Place humeral epicondyles parallel to IR

What type of central ray angulation of required for the inferosuperior axial projection for the shoulder?

• 25 - 30 degrees medially

• 35 - 45 degrees medially

• 25 anterior and 25 medially

• central ray perpendicular to IR

What type of CR angle is required for the apical AP axial shoulder projection?

• 10 - 15 degrees caudad

• 30 degrees caudad

• 45 degrees caudad

• 5 - 10 degrees cephalad