rad pro 1

• anatomical position

  standing erect

  anterior surfaces facing forward

  arms down and slightly abducted

  palms forward

  head and feet straight ahead
• exceptions for anatomical position

  hands

  finger

  wrist

  foot

  toes
• sagittal plane


  plane that divides patient into left and right sections
• midsagittal plane


  divides patients into left and right halves
• coronal plane

  divides the patient into anterior and posterior sections
• midcoronal plane


  divides patient into anterior and posterior halves
• transverse plane


  passes through at a right angle to the MCP or MSP

  divides into superior and inferior sections
• oblique plane

  any plane that is not under the rest
• occlusal plane

  biting the surface of upper and lower teeth when the jaw is closed
• anterior or ventral

  front
• posterior or dorsal

  back
• dorsal for feet

  top
• plantar for feet


  bottom
• dorsal or posterior for hands

  top of the hand

  can see the nails
• palmar or anterior for hands

  palm of the hand
• projections 


  named for the path of the beam
• posterior anterior projection

  PA

  goes through the posterior to the anterior
• anterior posterior projection

  AP

  goes through anterior to the posterior
• anterior posterior oblique projection

  rotated on an axis from anterior to posterior
• posterior anterior oblique projection

  rotated on an axis from posterior to anterior
• lateral projection


  in one side and out the other

  right to left (vice versa)
• mediolateral projection


  closest to the middle
• lateromedial projection


  closest to the outside
• axial projection

  angled towards the feet or the head
• tangential projection


  skimming of the body part
• bilateral

  both hands or feet
• unilateral


  one hand or foot
• superior


  toward the head
• inferior


  towards the feet
• proximal


  towards the point of attachment
• distal

  away from the point of attachment
• cephalad

  towards the head
• caudal

  towards the feet
• supine

  face up flat on the table
• prone

  face down flat on the table
• left or right anterior oblique position

  rotate the whole body

  face down

  based on which side is closest to the IR
• left or right posterior oblique position

  rotate the whole body

  face up

  depends on which side is closest to the IR
• lateral recumbent

  laying fully on the side

  named for whichever side is closest to the IR
• lateral decubitus


  beam is horizontal

  lying fully on the side and beam goes from anterior to posterior
• dorsal decubitus


  laying supine

  beam is horizontal

  named after the side that is closest to the IR