Digits of the Hand: Radiographic Anatomy - Video Lesson

Hey, everybody. Welcome to today's lesson on radiographic anatomy demonstrated on routine projections of the digits. In a previous lesson, we discussed the anatomy of the digits and which radiographic projections are routinely performed. So let's tie that information to the radiographs themselves. As a reminder, the routine radiographic projections of the first digit or thumb are AP, PA oblique, and lateral, And the routine radiographic projections of the second through fifth digits are PA, PA oblique, and lateral. Take a look at this radiograph. What projection is being demonstrated? How do you know? Let's take a look. If you said this is an AP projection of the first digit, you're correct. We can tell this is an AP by the concave phalangeal shafts, equal amounts of soft tissue appearing on each side of the phalanges, and location of the remaining digits. If this were a PA projection, the remaining digits