Merrill's Atlas of Radiographic Positioning chapter 3 Verified Answers

Merrill's Atlas of Radiographic Positioning chapter 3 List the four planes of the body - ANS Sagittal Coronal Horizontal Oblique nine regions of the abdomen - ANS right & left hypochondriac; right & left lumbar; right & left iliac; epigastric; umbilical; hypogastric external landmark: Mastoid Tip - ANS C1 external landmark: Gonion - ANS C2 & C3 external landmark: Hyoid Bone - ANS C3 & C4 external landmark: Thyroid cartilage - ANS C5 external landmark: Vertebra prominens - ANS C7 & T1 external landmark: Jugular notch - ANS T2 & T3 external landmark: level of sternal angle - ANS T4 & T5 external landmark: level of inferior angle of scapulaue - ANS T7 external landmark: level of xiphoid process - ANS T9 & T10 external landmark: inferior costal margin - ANS L2 & L3 external landmark: most superior aspect of iliac crest - ANS L4 & L5 external landmark: anterior superior iliac spine - ANS S1 & S2 external landmark: pubic symphisis and greater trochanters - ANS Coccyx Sthentic - ANS 50% Hyposthentic - ANS 35% intermediate between sthentic and asthentic Asthentic - ANS 10% - frail, short abdomen. long shallow thorax heart verticle and at midline lungs long with apices above clavicles stomach low in pelvis when standing colon low, folds on itself gallbladder low and nearer midline