Exam 3: General Anatomy and Radiographic Positioning Terminology

The term used to describe the act of placing the patient in the appropriate position for a radiographic examination is:

The syndesmosis, suture, and gomphosis joints belong to which structural joint group?

When a fractured bone is shattered into many pieces, it is called:

For which type of body habitus will the diaphragm be very high?

Movement of a part toward the central axis of the body is termed:

The tissue lining the medullary cavity of bones is called the:

Turning the forearm so that the palm of the hand is up is termed:

A plane passing vertically through the body from side to side is termed:

When a fractured bone retains its normal alignment, it is called:

The least-occurring body habitus is the:

The small, rounded, elevated process on a bone is called a(n):

Which of the following terms are used both as an x-ray projection and a body position? 1)Axial 2)Oblique 3)Lateral

All of the following are located in the abdominal cavity except:

For which type of body habitus will the stomach be the lowest?

A club-shaped process on a bone is called a:

The term that may also be used to refer to the posterior surface of the body is:

Movement of a part away from the central axis of the body or body part is termed:

Some synovial joints contain synovial fluid-filled sacs outside the main joint cavity called:

A large, rounded, elevated process on a bone is called a(n):

S1 and S2 are located at the level of the: