1. Chapter 4 Forearm and Elbow

2. Forearm Bones _________ ________ Joints Wrist Elbow __________ Distal Proximal

3. Radius Distal Anatomy _____________ Ulnar Notch Body

4. Radius Proximal Anatomy Head Neck _____________

5. Ulna Distal Anatomy ____________ Head Body

6. Ulna Proximal Anatomy Radial Notch _____________ Coronoid Tubercle Trochlear Notch _______________

7. Forearm Imaging AP Lateral 40” SID 60+ kV

8. AP Forearm Arm extended Level with the table Hand supinated Humeral ____________to IR CR to mid forearm ____________ Include wrist and elbow

9. Lateral Forearm __________________ Level with the table Rotate wrist into lateral CR to mid forearm Collimate Include ____________

10. Elbow Bones Humerus Distal ________ Proximal __________ Proximal

11. Distal Humerus Trochlea ______________ Medial _____________ Lateral Epicondyles Medial Lateral

12. Elbow Fossa Anterior ____________ Coronoid Fossa Posterior ____________

13. Fat Pads _______________pads of fat Cushion between muscle and bone Can indicate pathology Wrist and Elbow

14. Wrist Fat Pad _____________ PA and Oblique Lateral to scaphoid and superior to radius __________ Lateral Anterior to radius

15. Elbow Fat Pads Anterior Lateral Anterior to distal humerus ______________ Not seen on negative images. Seen on lateral on positive images Within olecranon fossa ____________ Lateral Anterior to radius

16. Elbow Imaging AP Lateral Internal Oblique External Oblique 40” SID 65+ kV

17. AP Elbow Extend arm level with table _______________ Align epicondyles parallel with IR CR to mid elbow Collimate to skin

18. Lateral Elbow _______________ Arm level with table CR to mid elbow Collimate Epicondyles should be ____________

19. Internal Oblique Start in AP ______________ Epicondyles 45˚ to IR CR to mid elbow Collimate to skin _____________process seen in profile

20. External Oblique Start in AP Externally rotate Epicondyles 45˚ to IR CR to mid elbow Collimate to skin _______________seen in profile