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Title: "RadPosi: Introduction to Medical Terminology and Radiographic Positioning Basics"
Description: This session introduces the foundational concepts of medical terminology and basic radiographic positioning techniques. Understanding medical terms is essential for effective communication in radiology, as it provides the language to describe anatomy, procedures, and imaging processes accurately. The session also covers the principles of patient alignment, image quality, and the proper use of equipment, all of which are essential for producing diagnostic images and ensuring patient safety during imaging procedures.
Description: This session introduces the foundational concepts of medical terminology and basic radiographic positioning techniques. Understanding medical terms is essential for effective communication in radiology, as it provides the language to describe anatomy, procedures, and imaging processes accurately. The session also covers the principles of patient alignment, image quality, and the proper use of equipment, all of which are essential for producing diagnostic images and ensuring patient safety during imaging procedures.
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RADIOGRAPHIC POSITIONING:
Kicking Off with Medical
Terminology and Radiographic
Positioning Basics!”
ANATOMICAL POSITION
standing/ erect
DIFFERENT PLANES/ LINES
MSP
Medial plane
Vertically thru the ML of the body
Divides the body into equal left and right half
SAGITTAL PLANE
Nipple region vertically
Divides the into left and right half
Parallel to the MSP
CORONAL PLANE
Passing vertically to entire the body
Divides the entire body into anterior to posterior portion
MID CORONAL/ MID- AXILLARY
Align passing vertically from junction of axilla
Divides the body into anterior and posterior portion
RADIOGRAPHIC POSITIONING: Kicking Off with Medical Terminology and Radiographic Positioning Basics!”
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HORIZONTAL / TRANSVERSE/ AXIAL / CROSS SECTIONAL PLANE
ALIGN divides the body into superior and inferior portion
Plane/ Lines divides the body into LA axis
TRANSPYLORIC
ADDISONS PLANE
Plane/ a line which divides the 9 regions of the abdomen
OBLIQUE PLANE
SLANT/ DEVIATE PLANE
Longitudinal/ transverse plane taht is angle/ slanted and not parallel
SPECIAL PLANES
INTERILIAC
At the level of L4
Only use of for lumbar, sacrum and coccyx
OCCLUSAL PLANE
BITING SURFACE when the JAW is closed
Examination of the cervical vertebrae
4 FUNDAMENTAL PLANES OF THE BODY
SAGITTAL
CORONAL
HORIZONTAL
OBLIQUE
COMMON POSITIONING TERMS
RADIOGRAPHIC POSITIONING: Kicking Off with Medical Terminology and Radiographic Positioning Basics!”
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PROJECTION
point of entry of x-ray beam/ path of x-ray beam
PA
AXIAL/ CROSS SECTIONAL
LONGITUDINAL angulation of x-ray
10 degrees or more
POSITION
overall posture of the patient / body positions
Specific placement of the body part in relation into the IR during imaging
No specific point of entry and exit of x-ray beam
lateral
Oblique
LAO
RAO
PRONE / anterior oblique / PA OBLIQUE
RPO
LPO
Supine/ posterior obliqe/ AP OBLIQUE
Decubitus
LYING on the either side of the body
CRD is horizontally directed Being
Recumbent
Lying on the either side of the body
RADIOGRAPHIC POSITIONING: Kicking Off with Medical Terminology and Radiographic Positioning Basics!”
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CRD is penpendicular/ vertically directed
METHOD
Recognition who developed the projection
TANGENTIAL
Body part is being angled
VIEW
image seen given by the IR
GENERAL BODY POSITION
UPRIGHT
Standing/ erect
RECUMBENT
either side of the body
Perpendicular/ vertically directed CR
SUPINE
back
Prone
front
Anterior
TRENDELENDURG
Head is lower than the feet
10- 15
15 - 20 - FULL TRENDELENBURG
RADIOGRAPHIC POSITIONING: Kicking Off with Medical Terminology and Radiographic Positioning Basics!”
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UPPER GI: HIATAL HERNIA
CM: BARIUM SULFATE / WATER SOLUBLE
FOWLERS
feet is lower than the head
SIMS POSITION
during introduction of catheter During BaE
LAO
LITHOTOMY
retrograde urography examination
Hysterosalpingography
LATERAL
left lat recumbent
Left side is in contact to IR and CRD is perpendicular
Right lat recumbent
DECUBITUS
ventral: lying on his abdomen and horizontally directed
Dorsal: lying on his back and horizontally directed
Lateral: (left)
Demonstrate the free air the contacted the liver
DIRECTIONAL/ RELATIONSHIP TERMINOLOGY
ANTERIOR/ VENTRAL / FRONT
POSTERIOR/ DORSAL / BACK
12 DORSAL BONE
THORACIC VERTEBRAE
RADIOGRAPHIC POSITIONING: Kicking Off with Medical Terminology and Radiographic Positioning Basics!”
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MEDIAL/ MESIAL
LATERAL
side part of the body
DISTAL
AWAY from the source of attachment/ origin
PROXIMAL
NEAREST the source of attachement/ origin
HEAD
CAUDAL/ CAUDAL/ INFERIOR
direct of x-ray towards the feet
CEPHALAD
direct of CRD towards the head
PERIPHERAL
covering of an organ
CONTRALATERAL
opposite side
IPSILATERAL
same side
BODY MOVEMENT/ SKELETAL MOTION
SUPINATION
movement of the FA where the palm of the hand is facing upward
PRONATION
movement of the FA where the palm of the hand is facing downward
ABDUCTION
away to ML
RADIOGRAPHIC POSITIONING: Kicking Off with Medical Terminology and Radiographic Positioning Basics!”
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ADDUCTION
towards the ML
FLEXION
angle between part is DECREASED
EXTENSION
angle between contingous bone is INCREASED
EVERSION
movement of the foot AWAY from ML
INVERSION
movement of the foot TOWARDS the ML
CIRCUMDUCTION
movment of the foot PRODUCED CIRCULAR MOTION
DORSIFLEXION
flexion/ bending the foot towards the LEG
PLANTAR FLEXION
bending/ flexion of the foot towards the SOLE of the FOOT
VALGUS
misalignment of deformity
Congenital deformity
Angles away from the midline
TURNED OUTWARD
VARUS
congenital deformity
Misalignment of deformity
Angles towards the midline
TURNED INWARD
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AKA: BOW LEG deformity
IN- PROFILE
an outlined / sillhoutte view of anatomic part/ shadow
DESCRIPTIVE FORMS FOR BONES
A
...
DEPRESSION
FOSSA: fit
Groove: shallow
Sulcus: furrow , trench
Sinus: cabity with in a bone
Foramen: opening
Obturator Foramen: largest Foramen of the body
Meatus : tubelike
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Title: "RadPosi: Introduction to Medical Terminology and Radiographic Positioning Basics"
Description: This session introduces the foundational concepts of medical terminology and basic radiographic positioning techniques. Understanding medical terms is essential for effective communication in radiology, as it provides the language to describe anatomy, procedures, and imaging processes accurately. The session also covers the principles of patient alignment, image quality, and the proper use of equipment, all of which are essential for producing diagnostic images and ensuring patient safety during imaging procedures.
Description: This session introduces the foundational concepts of medical terminology and basic radiographic positioning techniques. Understanding medical terms is essential for effective communication in radiology, as it provides the language to describe anatomy, procedures, and imaging processes accurately. The session also covers the principles of patient alignment, image quality, and the proper use of equipment, all of which are essential for producing diagnostic images and ensuring patient safety during imaging procedures.