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| Above - lying on the back with the face upward |
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| below - horizontal with the face downward |
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| in an upright position (standing up) |
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| moving away from the body |
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| toward or pertaining to the side |
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| into the body (rolling ankle) |
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| LAO - semiprone position with te patiet on the left side, right knee and thigh drawn up (often times naked for barium enema) |
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| patients head is lower than legs and body (used for treating shock) |
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| semi-sitting position or when the head is elevated to produce angulation of the body |
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| when patient is facing you their palm of their hand is facing you |
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| also known as decub, the pt is lying down, the x-ray beam is going across the table |
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| when patient is facing you, back of hand facing you with patients thumb by their side |
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| on top of (superior to inferior means from head to toe) |
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| on bottom (inferior to superior means from foot to head |
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| palm of the hand is out/up (you can see the palm of their hand) |
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| on the same side of the body???? |
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| center of the body is proximal, towards the body |
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| anything going away from that is distal, if the patient is having chest pain that radiates to his left arm, the pain is radiating distally |
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| opposite side of the body? |
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| Left Anterior Oblique (LAO) |
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| patients left pronate side semi touching table (laying pronate on triangle thing) |
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| Left Posterior Oblique (LPO) |
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| Pt's posterior left side is semi touching table (laying supine on triangle thing) |
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| pt's left side is down and the x-ray is going across the table |
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| pt's dorsal surface is against the table and the x-ray table is going across the table |
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| left side touching table and right side touching table |
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| pt's right side is down and the xray is going across the table |
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| pt's ventral(stomach) side is down and the x-ray is going ACROSS the table |
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| Positions are named for the _____________. (the side touching the image receptor._ |
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| If a patient is on his left side, it is a ______ ________. |
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| If a patient is obliqued, and their right side is down and they are (partly) on her stomach is a ________ _________ ________. What is this abbreviation? |
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| right anterior oblique. RAO |
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| PA - _________ __________ |
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