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