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Radiographic Positioning
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10/05/2011
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ABDUCTION
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ACANTHIOPARIETAL
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ADDUCTION
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ANATOMICAL POSITION
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AP - ANTEROPOSTERIOR
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AP AXIAL
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AXIOLATERAL
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CIRCUMDUCTION
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DORSAL DECUBITUS
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DORSOPLANTAR
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DORSOPLANTAR OBLIQUE
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EVERSION
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EXTENSION
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FLEXION
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FOWLERS
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INFEROSUPERIOR
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INVERSION
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LATERAL DECUBIS POSITION
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LATERAL ROTATION
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LATEROMEDIAL PROJECTION
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LEFT ANTERIOR OBLIQUE
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LEFT LATERAL RECUMBANT
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LITHOTOMY
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LORDOSIS
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LORDOTIC POSITION
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MEDIAL ROTATION
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MEDIOLATERAL
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POSTEROANTERIAL - PA
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PARIETOACANTHIAL
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PLANTODORSAL
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PRONATION
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PRONE
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PROTRACTION
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RADIAL DEVIATION
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RETRACTION
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RAO - RIGHT ANTERIOR OBLIQUE
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SCOLIOSIS
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SIMS
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SUBMETOVERTEX
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SUPINATION
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SUPINE
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TANGENTIAL PROJECTION
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TRANSTHORACIC
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TRENDELENBURG
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ULNAR DEVIATION
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VALGUS
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VARGUS
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VENTRAL DECUBITUS POSITION
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EXTENSION
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EXTENDING A JOINT WHERE THE ANGLE IN INCREASED
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FLEXION
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BENDING OF A JOINT WHERE THE ANGLE IS DECREASED
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HYPEREXTENSION
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EXTENDING A JOINT BEYOND THE STRAIGHT OR NEUTRAL POSITION
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DORSIFLEXION
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DECREASING THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE DORSUM OF THE FOOT AND THE LOWER LEG
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PLANTARFLEXION
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EXTENDING THE ANKLE JOINT AND TOES DOWNWARD FROM THE NORMAL POSITION
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EVERSION
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OUTWARD STRESS MOVEMENTS OF THE FOOT AND ANKLE JOINTS
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INVERSION
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INWARD STRESS MOVEMENTS OF THE FOOT AND ANKLE JOINTS
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JUGULAR NOTCH
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T2-T3 INTERSPACE
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STERNAL ANGLE
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T4-T5
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LEVEL OF INFERIOR ANGLES OF SCAPULA
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APPROX T7
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XIPHOID TIP & DIAPHRAM LEVEL
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T10
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LOWER COSTAL RIB MARGIN
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L3
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ILIAC CREST
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L4-L5
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ANTERIOR SUPERIOR ILIAC SPINE
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ASIS - S1-S2
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SYMPHYSIS PUBIS
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COCCYX IS AT SAME LEVEL POSTERIORLY
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MEDIAL ROTATION
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ROTATIONG OR MOVING THE ANTERIOR ASPECT OF A PART TOWARD THE INSIDE OR MEDIAN PLANE
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LATERAL ROTATION
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ROTATIONG OR MOVING THE ANTERIR ASPECT OF THE PART AWAY FROM THE MEDIAN PLANE
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ABDUCTION
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MOVEMENT AWAY FROM THE BODY
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ADDUCTION
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MOVEMENT TOWARD THE BODY
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SUPINATION
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A ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT OF THE HAND INTO ANATOMICAL POSITION
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PRONATION
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A ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT OF THE HAND INTO A DOWNWARD POSITION
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PROTRACTION
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MOVEMENT FORWARD FROM A NORMAL POSITION
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RETRACTION
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MOVEMENT BACKWARD FROM A NORMAL POSITION
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CIRCUMDUCTION
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MOVE AROUND IN CIRCULAR PLANE
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DISTAL
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AWAY FROM THE SOURCE OR TRUNK OF THE BODY
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PROXIMAL
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NEAR TO THE SOURCE OR TRUNK OF THE BODY
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MEDIAL ASPECT
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TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE MIDLINE
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LATERAL ASPECT
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AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY
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CEPHLAD
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TOWARDS THE HEAD (ANGLE OF THE TUBE)
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CAUDAL
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TOWARDS THE FEET (ANGLE OF THE TUBE)
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ANTERIOR
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FRONT HALF OF THE PATIENT
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POSTERIOR
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BACK HALF OF THE PATIENT
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PLANTAR
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POSTERIOR SURFACE OF THE FOOT (SOLE)
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DORSUM
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ANTERIOR SURFACE OF THE FOOT (TOP)
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PALMAR
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PALM OF THE HAND
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SUPINE
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LYING ON BACK
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PRONE
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LYING ON ABDOMEN
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ERECT
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UPRIGHT/STANDING POSITION
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RECUMBANT
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LYING DOWN IN AND POSITION
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TRENDELENBURG
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RECUMBENT POSITION WHERE HEAD IS LOWER THAN FEET
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FOWLERS POSITION
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RECUMBENT POSITION WHERE HEAD IS HIGHER THAN FEET
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SUPERFICIAL
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NEAR THE SURFACE
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DEEP
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FURTHER THAN THE SURFACE
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INTERIOR
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INSIDE OR NEAR THE CENTER
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EXTERIOR
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OUTSIDE OR OUTWARD
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IPSILATERAL
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ON THE SAME SIDE
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CONTRALATERAL
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ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE
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