Terminology
The human body is a complicated structure, and errors in radiographic positioning or diagnosis can easily occur unless practitioners have a common set of rules that are used to describe the body and its movements.
This section describes terminology pertinent to radiography. It is vital that a good understanding of the terminology is attained to allow the reader to fully understand and practise the various techniques described in this text.
All the basic terminology descriptions below refer to the patient in the standard reference position, known as the anatomical position (see below).
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