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