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