Wrist: Radiographic Anatomy - Video Lesson

Hey, everybody. Welcome to today's lesson to review radiographic anatomy demonstrated on routine projections of the wrist. In a previous lesson, we discussed the anatomy of the wrist 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 wrist are PA, PA oblique, and lateral. Let's start with the first image. What projection is being demonstrated here? Let's take a look. This is a PA projection of the wrist. We know this because there are equal concavities on the shafts of the proximal metacarpals. Near equal distances between the proximal metacarpals, and minimal superimposition at the distal radial ulnar joint. What about the anatomy? Working from the most distal to the most proximal anatomy, we can clearly identify the proximal metacarpals, distal and proximal rows of carpal bones, as well as the distal radius and ulna.