Terms

Question 1

Movement of a part away
from the central axis of
the body.

Answer 1

ABDUCTION

Question 2

• Tipping or slanting a body
part slightly.
• The tilt is in relation to the
long axis of the body

Answer 2

TILT

Question 3

• Turning away from the
regular standard or
course.

Answer 3

DEVIATION

Question 4

• Forced or excessive extension of a limb or joints.

Answer 4

HYPEREXTENSION

Question 5

• Forced overflexion of a limb or joints

Answer 5

HYPERFLEXION

Question 6

ADDUCTION

Answer 6

Movement of a part TOWARDS
the central axis of
the boDY

Question 7

Is used to describe the radiographic image as seen from
the vantage of the IR

Answer 7

VIEW

Question 8

• Are named after individuals in recognition of their
  development of a method to demonstrate a specific
  anatomic part.

Answer 8

METHOD

Question 9

LORDOTIC position is used for
visualization of the

Answer 9

pulmonary apices

Question 10

• Supine position with the knees and hip flexed and thighs
  abducted and rotated externally, supported by ankle
  support

Answer 10

LITHOTOMY POSITION

Question 11

The patient leans
backward while in the
upright position so that
only the shoulders are in
contact with the image
receptor

Answer 11

LORDOTIC

Question 12

• Supine position with the head higher than the feet.

Answer 12

FOWLER’S POSITION

Question 13

• A recumbent oblique with patient lying on the left anterior
  side with the leg extended and the right knee partially
  flexed

Answer 13

SIM’S POSITION

Question 14

• A recumbent position with the head lower than the feet

Answer 14

TRENDELENBURG POSITION

Question 15

PRONE POSITION
* Lying on abdomen, facing downward.
* Also called

Answer 15

ventral recumbent position

Question 16

• Lying on back., facing upward.
• Also called dorsal recumbent position

Answer 16

SUPINE POSITION

Question 17

• Is achieved when the entire body or body part is rotated
  so that the coronal plane is not parallel with the
  radiographic table or image receptor.
• Name according to the side of the patient closest to the
  image receptor.

Answer 17

OBLIQUE POSITION

Question 18

• Refers to the specific placement of the body part in relation
  to the radiographic table or image receptor during imaging

Answer 18

POSITION

Question 18

• Always named according to the side of the patient that is
  placed near the image receptor.

Answer 18

LATERAL POSITION

Question 19

• Is a flat surface formed by making a cut (imaginary)
  through the body or part of it.
• A straight line surface connecting two points

Answer 19

PLANE

Question 20

SAGITTAL PLANE
* Any longitudinal plane dividing the body
* Any plane parallel to the midsagittal plane

Answer 20

into right and
left parts.

Question 21

• Any longitudinal plane that divides the body into anterior
  and posterior parts

Answer 21

CORONAL PLANE

Question 22

MID CORONAL PLANE
* Also known as
* Is a specific coronal plane that passes through the body
dividing it into equal anterior and posterior halves

Answer 22

Mid Axillary Plane

Question 23

• Outward turning of the
  foot at the ankle.

Answer 23

Evert

Question 24

* Inward turning of the foot at the ankle.

Answer 24

INVERT