Questions and CORRECT Answers
humerus, shoulder - CORRECT ANSWER -
WRIST DETAILS - CORRECT ANSWER - FILM - 8x10 or 10x12
DIVISION - portrait
TECHNIQUE - no grid
SID - 40"
CR - perpendicular
PA WRIST - CORRECT ANSWER - REFERENCE POINT - midcarpral area
PART POSITION - PT rests forearm on table with wrist centered on IR. flex dogits to form
loose forst.
TECHNICAL TIPS - collimation is 2.5" proximal & distal to wrist and 1" on the sides
LATERAL/MEDIOLATERAL WRIST - CORRECT ANSWER - REFERENCE POINT -
midcarpal area
PART POSITION - PT rests arm and forearm on table with wrist in lateral position, centered on
IR. flex elbow 90 degrees to rotate ulna to lateral position.
PA/AP OBL WRIST - CORRECT ANSWER - REFERENCE POINT - midcarpal area
PART POSITION - PA OBL, rest palmar surface of wrist on IR. adjust wrist laterally so it forms
a 45 degree angle with IR.
AP OBL, center wrist to IR and rotate go.
, STRUCTURES - PA, best to see scaphoid & lunate.
AP, best to see hamate, pisiform, triquetrum, & lunate.
TECHNICAL TIPS - collimate 2.5" proximal & distal and 1" on the sides. a 45 degree sponge
can be used for both PA & AP. routine wrist can include both obliques to better visualize carpals.
SCAPHOID DETAILS - CORRECT ANSWER - FILM - 8x10 or 10x12
DIVISION - portrait
TECHNIQUE - no grid
SID - 40"
PA ULNAR DEVIATION (WRIST SCAPHOID) - CORRECT ANSWER - CR - 10
degrees to 15 degrees proximally
REFERENCE POINT - scaphoid
PART POSITION - position wrist as if PA. without moving forearm, turn hand outward in
extreme unlar deviation.
STRUCTURES - scaphoid
TECHNICAL TIPS - collimate 2.5" proximal & distal and 1" on the sides. CR angulation can be
distal or perpendicular.
PA AXIAL (STECHER METHOD)
(WRIST SCAPHOID) - CORRECT ANSWER - CR - perpendicular
REFERENCE POINT - scaphoid