Synovial Joints and Types of Movement Quiz

What type of joint is the hip joint?

Which type of movement does the first carpometacarpal joint use?

What type of movement does the elbow joint use?

What type of movement does the intercarpal joint use?

What type of movement does the wrist joint use?

In which position does the body have the arms abducted, palms forward, and head and feet together and directed straight ahead?

Which plane divides the body into equal right and left parts?

What is the name of the plane taken at right angles along any point of the longitudinal axis of the body?

What is the term for an image of a patient's anatomic part(s) as produced by the actions of x-rays on an image receptor?

Which positioning term defines the general and specific body position?

True or False: The base plane of the skull is a transverse plane located between the infraorbital margin of the orbits and the superior margin of the external auditory meatus (EAM)

True or False: The direction or path of the central ray defines the positioning term 'view'

What is the correct term for lying on the back facing upward?

Which specific position involves the patient lying on his or her back with the x-ray beam directed horizontally entering the right side and exiting the left side of the body, while an image receptor is placed against the left side of the patient?

In which specific position does the patient lie on the left side, with the x-ray beam directed horizontally entering the posterior surface and exiting the anterior aspect of the body, while an image receptor is placed against the anterior surface?

Situation: A patient is recumbent facing the image receptor. The right side of the body is turned 15 degrees toward the image receptor. What is this position?

True or False: Decubitus positions always use a horizontal x-ray beam.