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Radiology Positioning Terminology - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. patient sitting or standing
    erect
  2. lying on stomach
    prone
  3. patient lying on left side with horizontal beam
    left lateral decubitus
  4. to bring towards the body
    adduction
  5. position with right posterior surface toward IR
    RPO
  6. patient lying on their back with horizontal beam
    dorsal decubitus
  7. plane that divides the body anterion/posterior
    coronal
  8. patient standing facing forward
    anatomic position
  9. to decrease the angle of a joint
    flexion
  10. angle the tube towards head of table
    cephalad
  11. to increase the angle of a joint
    extension
  12. close to point of connection to body
    proximal
  13. the beam touches a curve or surface
    tangential
  14. to turn palm up
    supinate
  15. bottom surface of foot
    plantar
  16. head elevated
    fowlers
  17. top surface of foot
    dorsum
  18. position with right anterior surface toward IR
    RAO
  19. angle the tube 10 degree or more
    axial
  20. lying on back
    supine
  21. caudad
    angle the tube towards the foot of the table
  22. head lower than the feet
    trendelenburg
  23. plane that divides the body into right/left
    sagittal
  24. to turn palm down
    pronate