RADR 1311 // \\ LESSON PLAN
BASIC RADIOGRAPHIC PROCEDURES AND LAB
MERRILL’S ATLAS VOLUMNE I
1. HAND: CONSISTS OF 27 BONES
A. PHALANGES (5) EACH COMPOSED OF (3) PHALANXES EACH
B. METACARPALS (5)
C. CARPALS (WRIST BONES) 8
D. RADIOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS OF THE HAND
1. PA PROJECTION
2. PA OBLIQUE PROJECTION
3. LATERAL PROJECTION
E. OTHER PROJECTIONS
1. LATEROMEDIA IN FLEXION
2. AP OBLIQUE PROJECTION
2. THE WRIST: IS COMPOSED OF 8 CARPAL BONES
A. RADIOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS OF THE WRIST
1. AP
2. LATERAL
3. OBLIQUE
B. OTHER WRIST PROJECTIONS
1. ULNAR DEVIATION
2. RADIAL DEVIATION
3. SCAPHOID
4. TRAPEZIUM
5. CARPAL BRIDGE
6. CARPAL CANAL
3. FOREARM
A. ULNA
B. RADIUS
C. RADIOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS OF THE FOREARM
1. AP
2. LATERAL
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4. ELBOW
A. DISTAL HUMERUS
B. PROXIMAL ULNA
C. PROXIMAL RADIUS
D. RADIOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS OF THE ELBOW
1. AP
2. LATERAL
3. PARTIAL FLEXION
4. ACUTE FLEXION
5. RADIAL HEAD (LATEROMEDIAL)
6. PA (AXIAL)
5. HUMERUS
A. ONE LONG BONE
B. PROJECTIONS OF THE HUMERUS
1. AP (UPRIGHT AND RECUMBUNT)
2. LATERAL (UPRIGHT AND RECUMBUNT)
6. THE SHOULDER GIRDLE
A. SCAPULA
B. CLAVICLE
C. PROXIMAL HUMERUS
D. RADIOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS OF THE SHOULDER
1. AP (NEUTRAL, EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ROTATION)
2. TRANSTHORACIC LATERAL
E. RADIOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS OF THE SHOULDER JOINT
1. INFEROSUPERIOR AXIAL
2. SUPEROINFERIOR AXIAL
3. AP AXIAL
F. OTHER RADIOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS OF THE SHOULDER GIRDLE
1. GLENOID CAVITY
2. SUPRASPINATUS OUTLET
3. PROXIMAL HUMERUS
4. GLELNOID CAVITY
5. AC JOINTS
6. CLAVICLE
7. SCAPULA
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7. THE FOOT: CONSISTS OF 26 BONES
A. PHALANGES (14 PHALANXES)
B. METATARSALS (5 EACH)
C. TARSALS (7 EACH)
D. RADIOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS OF THE FOOT
1. AP
2. OBLIQUE
3. LATERAL
8. THE ANKLE: CONSISTS OF 7 BONES (METATARSALS)
A. RADIOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS OF THE ANKLE
1. AP
2. LATERAL
3. OBLIQUE
4. MORTISE JOINT
5. WEIGHT BEARING AND STRESS
9. THE LOWER LEG
A. TIBIA
B. FIBULA
C. RADIOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS OF THE LOWER LEG
1. AP
2. LATERAL
3. OBLIQUE
10. THE KNEE: A HINGE JOINT
A. DISTAL HUMERUS
B. PROXIMAL TIBIA AND FIBULA
C. RADIOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS OF THE KNEE
1. AP/PA
2. LATERAL
3. OBLIQUE
4. WEIGHT BEARING
5. INTERCONDYLAR FOSSA (TUNNEL VIEW)
6. PATELLAR
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11. FEMUR/ HIP / PELVIS
A. THE FEMUR: ONE LONG BONE
B. THE HIP: JOINT FORMED BY ILIUM AND PROXIMAL FEMUR
C. THE PELVIS: LF AND RT ILLIUM, SACRUM AND COCCYX
D. RADIOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS OF THE FEMUR
1. AP
2. LATERAL
E. RADIOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS OF THE PELVIS
1. AP
2. LATERAL
3. TANGENTIAL
F. RADIOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS OF THE HIP
1. INTERNAL ROTATION
2. EXTERNAL ROTATION
3. FROGLEG
12. CHEST
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
STERNUM
RIBS
LUNGS
HEART
RADIOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS OF THE STERNUM
1. PA/AP OBLIQUES
2. LATERAL
3. STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINTS
F. RADIOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS OF THE RIBS
1. AP/PA
2. OBLIQUES
13. THORACIC VISCERA
A. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
1. TRACHEA
2. ALVEOLI
3. LUNGS
4. MEDIASTINUM
B. RADIOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS OF THE CHEST
1. AP
2. LATERAL
3. OBLIQUES
4. DECUBITUS
5. LORDOTIC
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