1060RADT CERVICAL SPINE PROJECTIONS
EXAM WITH ACTUAL CORRECT ANSWERS.
CR for AP Open Mouth C1 - C2 - CorreCt Answers -⊥ through center of
open mouth
what views are frequently done to rule out "whiplash" or post spinal fusion
surgery - CorreCt Answers -Lateral hyperflexion and hyperextension of
cervical spine AKA Lateral flexion and extension
CR for Lateral flexion and extension - CorreCt Answers -CR to C4
position for Lateral hyperflexion - CorreCt Answers -true lateral, depress
chin until touches chest or as much as patient can tolerate, depress
shoulders, align midcoronal
position for Lateral hyperextension - CorreCt Answers -true lateral, raise
chin and tilt head back as much as possible
what anatomy must be demonstrated on Lateral: flexion and extension
cervical spine - CorreCt Answers -C1-C7; although C7 may not be
completely visualized on some patients
AP for Dens (odontoid process) AKA - CorreCt Answers -Fuchs
, CR for AP dens (Fuchs) - CorreCt Answers -CR is // to mentomeatal line
(MML) which is ⊥ to IR directed to inferior tip of mandible; CR is angled if
chin cannot be elevated to bring mentomeatal line ⊥ to IR
Fuchs method and Judd method image - CorreCt Answers -AP dens or
Fuchs (top)
PA dens or Judd (bottom)
mentomeatal line - CorreCt Answers -An imaginary line from the mental
point (chin) of the mandible to the external auditory meatus
what anatomy must be demonstrated on AP dens (Fuchs) - CorreCt
Answers -dens and other structures of C1 and C2
on AP dens (Fuchs), how is NO rotation indicated - CorreCt Answers -
symmetric appearance of the mandible arched over the foramen magnum
on AP dens (Fuchs), how is correct extension demonstrated - CorreCt
Answers -tip of the mandible clearing the superior portion of the dens and
the foramen magnum
on AP dens, the dens should be - CorreCt Answers -centered within the
foramen magnum
clinical indications for AP dens (Fuchs) - CorreCt Answers -when upper
dens isn't demonstrated on AP open mouth cervical spine; pathology
involving dens and surrounding bony structures of C1 ring
EXAM WITH ACTUAL CORRECT ANSWERS.
CR for AP Open Mouth C1 - C2 - CorreCt Answers -⊥ through center of
open mouth
what views are frequently done to rule out "whiplash" or post spinal fusion
surgery - CorreCt Answers -Lateral hyperflexion and hyperextension of
cervical spine AKA Lateral flexion and extension
CR for Lateral flexion and extension - CorreCt Answers -CR to C4
position for Lateral hyperflexion - CorreCt Answers -true lateral, depress
chin until touches chest or as much as patient can tolerate, depress
shoulders, align midcoronal
position for Lateral hyperextension - CorreCt Answers -true lateral, raise
chin and tilt head back as much as possible
what anatomy must be demonstrated on Lateral: flexion and extension
cervical spine - CorreCt Answers -C1-C7; although C7 may not be
completely visualized on some patients
AP for Dens (odontoid process) AKA - CorreCt Answers -Fuchs
, CR for AP dens (Fuchs) - CorreCt Answers -CR is // to mentomeatal line
(MML) which is ⊥ to IR directed to inferior tip of mandible; CR is angled if
chin cannot be elevated to bring mentomeatal line ⊥ to IR
Fuchs method and Judd method image - CorreCt Answers -AP dens or
Fuchs (top)
PA dens or Judd (bottom)
mentomeatal line - CorreCt Answers -An imaginary line from the mental
point (chin) of the mandible to the external auditory meatus
what anatomy must be demonstrated on AP dens (Fuchs) - CorreCt
Answers -dens and other structures of C1 and C2
on AP dens (Fuchs), how is NO rotation indicated - CorreCt Answers -
symmetric appearance of the mandible arched over the foramen magnum
on AP dens (Fuchs), how is correct extension demonstrated - CorreCt
Answers -tip of the mandible clearing the superior portion of the dens and
the foramen magnum
on AP dens, the dens should be - CorreCt Answers -centered within the
foramen magnum
clinical indications for AP dens (Fuchs) - CorreCt Answers -when upper
dens isn't demonstrated on AP open mouth cervical spine; pathology
involving dens and surrounding bony structures of C1 ring
