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Radiology Terminology

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Rad Terminology
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Abduction   show
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show Hand or foot turned inward  
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Midsagittal   show
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Midcoronal   show
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show Cross-sectional slices of the body  
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Radiograph   show
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Projection   show
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Anatomical Position   show
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Supine   show
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show Lying on front  
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Recumbent   show
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show Head lower than feet  
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show Back  
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Ventral   show
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PA   show
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AP   show
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show Patient on side  
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show Part angled sometimes 45 degrees  
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Decubitus   show
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show Tube angled toward feet  
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show Toward head  
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Pronate   show
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Projection (Central Ray)   show
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show Patient is lying down and CR is parallel to horizon  
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Left Posterior Oblique   show
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show Near the source  
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Inferior   show
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Superior   show
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Distal   show
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Flexion   show
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Extension   show
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show Patient's right anterior surface touching cassette at a 45-degree angle.  
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show Refers to parts toward the midline or middle of a part.  
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show Farther from the skin surface  
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show On the opposite side  
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Ipsilateral   show
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show Near the skin surface  
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Cephalad   show
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Caudad   show
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Plantar   show
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Dorsum   show
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Circumduction   show
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show Turning or rotating of body/body part around its axis  
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Tilt   show
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Fowler's Position   show
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show Supine position with knees and hip flexed and thighs abducted and rotated externally, supported by ankle supports (Pap Smear)  
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show Recumbent position with patient lying on left anterior side with left leg extended and right knee/thigh partially flexed  
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Dorsal Recumbent   show
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show Lying face down  
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show Patient lying down, CR is horizontal and parallel with floor  
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show Patient leans backward in upright position, with only shoulder in contact with IR  
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show Perpendicular CR enters either side of body/part, passes traversely along coronal plane, and exits opposite side  
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show CR directed toward outer margin of a curved body surface to profile body part just under surface  
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True Position   show
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show Longitudinal angulation of CR with long axis of body or body part, 10 degrees or more  
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