Lecture 1 Flashcards
1
Q
Supine Position
A
lying on the back (face up)
2
Q
Prone Position
A
lying on the front (face down)
3
Q
Frontal Plane
A
divides the body into front and back
4
Q
Sagittal Plane
A
divides the body into right and left sides
5
Q
Transverse Plane
A
divides the body into top and bottom
6
Q
CT vs MRI vs XRay distinction
A
CT scans bones are extremely bright but in MRI bones are not as bright, CT scans show organs and Xrays only show bones
7
Q
Opaque (hyperdense) defenition
A
brighter imaging, dense objects block rays
8
Q
Lucent (hypodense) defenition
A
darker imaging, rays pass through less dense material and are not blocked
9
Q
Isodense defenition
A
about the same brightness
