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ARRT review Radiograph Procedures

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What is a hypersthenic body type?   the body is large and heavy, stomach is transverse  
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What is an asthenic body type?   the body is slender and light, the stomach is very long and low  
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What is a sthenic body?   the body build is average and athletic  
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What is a hpyosthenic body?   the body is somewhat lighter and less robust; the stomach, instestines, and gallbladder is situated higher  
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What are some localization points   T2-T3 Jugular notch T10 Xiphoid tip T12-L3 Kidneys L4 Iliac crest S1-S2 ASIS  
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What is the position called where the patient is recumbent and the head is positioned at a level lower than the feet?   Trendelenburg position  
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What are the functions of teh skeletal system?   support, reservoir for minerals, muscle attachment/movement, protection, hematopoiesis  
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What are the two bone tissue types?   cortical (hard, compact) and cancellour (sponagy)  
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What does a gliding (plane) joint do?   Simplest motion, least movement, smooth/sliding motion  
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What movement does a pivot joint enable?   permits roation around a single axis  
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What movement does a hinge joint permit?   permits flexion and extension  
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What movement does a ball and socket joint enable?   permits flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, rotation, and circuduction with more motion distally and less proximally  
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What movement does the condyloid joint permit?   permits flexion, extension,abduction,adduction, and circuduction (no rotation)  
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What movement does the saddle joint permit?   permits flexion, extention, adduction, and circumduction  
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Name the tarsal bones   calcaneus, talus, navicular, cuboid, first/medial cuneiform, second/intermediate cuneiform, and the third/lateral cuneiform  
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What is a simple fracture?   an undisplaced fracture  
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What is a compound fracture?   fractured end of bone has penetrated skin (open fracture)  
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What is an imcomplete fracture?   fracture tht does not traverse entire bone, little or no displacement  
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What is a greenstick fracture?   a break of cortex on one side of bone onle; found in infants and children  
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What is a buckle fracture?   a greenstick fracture with one cortex buckled/compacted and the other intact  
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What is a stress/fatigue fracture?   a response to repeated song, powerful force (ie: jogging, marching)  
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What is an avulsion fracture?   a small bony fragment pulled from bony prominence as a result of forceful pull of the attached ligament or tendon (chip fracture)  
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What is a hairline fracture?   faint undisplaced fracture  
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What is a comminuted fracture?   one fracture composed of several fragments  
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What is a butterfly fracture?   a comminuted fracture with one or more wedge or butterfly wing-shaped pieces  
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What is the skull composed of?   cranium and facial bones  
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Name the 14 facial bones   nasal(2), lacrimal (2), palatine (2), inferior nasal conchae (2), maxillae (2), and zygomatic bones (2), vomer (1) and mandible (1)  
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What are teh major sutures of the cranium?   sagittal, coronal, lambdoidal, and squammosal  
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What are the 8 cranial bones?   frontal, parietal (2), temporal (2), occipial, ethmoid, sphenoid  
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What is a linear fracture?   a skull fracture, straight and sharply defined  
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What is a depressed fracture?   a comminuted skull fracture with one or more portions pushed inward  
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What is a hangman's fracture?   a fracture of C2 with anterior subluxation of C2 on C3; result of forceful hyperextension  
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What is a compression fracture?   Diminished thickness or width as a result of compression-type force especially of spongy bone.  
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What is a blowout fracture?   A fracture of the orbital floor as a result of a direct blow  
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What are the four fundamental baselines used in skull radiography?   Glabellomeatal (GML), Orbitomeatal (OML), infraorbitomeatal (IOML), acanthiomeatal line (AML)  
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