Chapter 6

Question 1

What does the shoulder girdle consist of

Answer 1

Scapula
Clavicle

Question 2

Where does the shoulder girdle connect

Answer 2

Manubrium
Humerus

Question 3

What is the clavicle categorized

Answer 3

Long bone

Question 4

Is the curvature of the clavicle more acute in males or females

Answer 4

Males

Question 5

What is the fulcrum for movement in the arm

Answer 5

Clavicle

Question 6

What are the rotator cuff muscles

Answer 6

Infraspinatous
Supraspinatous
Teres minor
Subscapularis

Question 7

What forms the y shape in a scapular y

Answer 7

Acromion
Coracoid process
Body of the scapula

Question 8

Small synovial fluid filled sac that relieves pressure and reduces friction in tissue during joint movement

Answer 8

Shoulder bursae

Question 9

Where are bursae found

Answer 9

Between bones & skin, bones and ligaments, muscles & tendons

Question 10

What is bursitis

Answer 10

Inflammation of the bursae

Question 11

What can injury to a bursae cause

Answer 11

Calcium deposits to be seen
EX: kidney stones

Question 12

What type of joint is the scapulohumeral joint

Answer 12

Ball and socket

Question 13

What type of joint is the acromioclavicular joint

Answer 13

Gliding

Question 14

What type of joint is the sternoclavicular joint

Answer 14

Double gliding - acts as ball and socket bc of fibrocartiliginious disk

Question 15

What connects to the manubrium and 1st rib cartilage

Answer 15

Sternal end of the clavicle

Question 16

What 3 projections do you take for an AP shoulder

Answer 16

Neutral, external and internal

Question 17

What’s the exposure field for an AP shoulder

Answer 17

10x12 inches
(24x30 cm)

Question 18

Respiration for AP shoulder

Answer 18

Suspend

Question 19

Where should the CR be directed for AP shoulder

Answer 19

1 inch below the Coracoid process

Question 20

Where do you direct the CR for a AP scapula

Answer 20

2 inches below the Coracoid process

Question 21

What is the hand placement for all 3 AP shoulder views

Answer 21

External - palm facing forward
Neutral - palm of hand against thigh
Internal - internal rotation until dorsal side of hand against thigh

Question 22

What is the Lawrence method

Answer 22

Transthoracic lateral projection - arm over head CR directed at surgical neck of humerus of shoulder in question

Inferosuperior axial projection - arm out to create 90° angle with body, IR on top of shoulder, direct CR at 15-30° towards axilla (armpit) to AC articulation

Question 23

scapular y projection

Answer 23

10x12

Anterior shoulder against IR rotated 45-60° toward IR

Scapula perpendicular to IR

Suspend respiration

CR perpendicular to Scapulohumeral joint

Question 24

What is demonstrated using the Grashey Method

Answer 24

Glenoid cavity
Scapulohumeral joint

Question 25

What is the rotation using the Grashey method

Answer 25

35-45° towards affected side

Question 26

What is the SID for AP AC joints

Answer 26

72 inches

Question 27

What views are done on clavicles

Answer 27

AP, AP axial, PA, PA axial (one AP/PA and one axial)

Question 28

What is the CR angulation for axial view of clavicle

Answer 28

15-30°

Question 29

Position for AP scapula

Answer 29

Arm abducted at 90° from body with forearm parallel with head (fingers up)

Question 30

What is Neer method used to view

Answer 30

Posterior acromion
AC joint

Question 31

What type of bone is the scapula

Answer 31

Flat bone

Question 32

What do you use to evaluate the AC joint

Answer 32

Weights - one view without and one with

Question 33

What is the thickest part of the scapula

Answer 33

Lateral angle

Question 34

What is the Pearson method

Answer 34

AP AC joints with and without weights

Question 35

What is the Neer method

Answer 35

Tangential supraspinatous outlet

Question 36

What is the grashey method

Answer 36

AP oblique for the glenoid cavity