APPENDIX
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
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AAS
Acute abdominal series; AP supine and AP upright, usually with
a CXR.
A movement of the arm or leg away from the centerline or
abduction
median plane of the body, as in the alignment for the lateral frog
leg pelvis.
acanthion
Junction of the upper lip and the nasal septum.
acanthiomeatal line
Line that connects the acanthion and the external auditory
(AML)
meatus (EAM), the opening of the ear. (When the patient's head
is up against the film, the head must be tilted back for the
acanthiomeatal line to be perpendicular to the film.)
An upright position, arms
Anatomical position
adducted (down), palms
forward, hands and feet
directed straight ahead. This
specific body position is used
as a reference for other
positioning terms.
STUDY TIPS: Use the glossary to recap key terms and as part of your overall review
of the whole manual. It will help, in some sense, to bring together certain concepts.
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