Skeletal Anatomy from Landmark to Image: Axial, Appendicular, and Sectional Anatomy for the Working Technologist

Skeletal Anatomy from Landmark to Image gives radiographers, CT, MRI, and bone densitometry technologists a complete review of the skeleton as it is palpated, positioned, exposed, sliced, and read. Section 1 establishes the vocabulary of bone, surface landmarks, planes, projections, and joint classification. Sections 2 through 6 cover the skeleton region by region: skull and facial bones, vertebral column, thoracic cage and shoulder girdle, upper limb, and pelvis and lower limb, with the positioning landmarks and rotation checks for each. Section 7 teaches sectional anatomy at the console, with labeled axial sections at the orbits, C5, T7, L4, shoulder, acetabulum, and knee. Section 8 covers the diseases that change positioning and technique, with a technique adjustment chart and handling precautions. Illustrated with 81 figures and 47 tables.

Approvals & Acceptance

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  ASRT Approved, Category A

  Accepted by the ARRT^® toward your CE requirement
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  ARDMS Accepted

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  NMTCB Accepted

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  California

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  Florida

  Approved for Technical Category A for Florida technologists
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  Texas: Directly Related

  Counts toward the directly related hours Texas MRTs need (at least 12 of 24)
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  We Report for You: Florida, Texas, Kansas and New Hampshire

  Completions are reported in the first week of each month for the previous month: Florida directly to the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control; Texas, Kansas and New Hampshire to CE Broker. Your state license number must be entered in your dashboard for us to report your credits.
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  All other states

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Applicable Disciplines

Learning Objectives

• 1Classify bones by shape, describe the structure of bone as it appears on the radiograph and on CT, define the landmark vocabulary with a palpable example of each term, and classify joints by structure, function, and movement
• 2Identify the cranial and facial bones, sutures, fossae, foramina, and sinuses, locate the positioning landmarks and baselines of the skull, and explain how skull morphology and cranial pathology change positioning and technique
• 3Identify the regional characteristics of the vertebrae and the curvatures of the column, explain the orientation of the zygapophyseal joints and intervertebral foramina that governs each oblique, and correlate surface landmarks with vertebral levels
• 4Identify the bones and joints of the thoracic cage and shoulder girdle, describe above and below diaphragm rib technique, and explain how the glenoid and scapular planes govern shoulder projections
• 5Identify the bones, landmarks, and joints of the upper limb, use the epicondyles and styloid processes as rotation markers and the elbow fat pads as injury signs, and adapt examinations for casts, splints, and the patient who cannot rotate the limb
• 6Identify the bones, landmarks, and joints of the pelvis and lower limb, explain femoral neck localization, hip rotation, and ankle mortise rotation and when trauma suspends each, and adapt for weight-bearing status and large body habitus
• 7Apply sectional orientation conventions and window settings to identify bone, marrow, cartilage, and joint space on CT and MRI, and identify skeletal anatomy at standard axial levels including the orbits, C5, T7, L4, the glenohumeral joint, the acetabulum, and the femoral condyles
• 8Classify skeletal conditions as additive or destructive, explain the technical factor adjustment each calls for under automatic exposure control and digital receptors, describe fractures, metabolic bone disease, arthritis, tumors, infection, congenital conditions, and non-accidental trauma, and adapt positioning and handling for the fragile, pediatric, and geriatric patient

Course Outline

• •Section 1: The Skeleton as the Technologist Reads It: Terminology, Bone, and Joints
• •Section 2: The Skull and Facial Bones
• •Section 3: The Vertebral Column
• •Section 4: The Thoracic Cage and the Shoulder Girdle
• •Section 5: The Upper Limb
• •Section 6: The Pelvis and the Lower Limb
• •Section 7: Sectional Anatomy of the Skeleton
• •Section 8: The Pathology That Changes the Exam: Disease, Positioning, and Technical Factors
• •Course Summary