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