I know what you are thinking. . . “man X-ray technologists use secret code when talking to one another” and while you are not wrong, we have an understanding of common words or phrases to mean different things.
For example, when we talk about different aspects of the body, we will often times talk about different planes on the body. This means that when talking about the coronal plane, we are talking about what separates the front (Anterior) from the back (Posterior). When we talk about the plane that separates the top (Superior) from the bottom (Inferior), we will often use the word transverse plane. Finally, when we want to talk about the left to right in positioning, we will talk about the sagittal plane. Each word is used to describe a place in space on the body. When discussing movement, there are even more terms that we will use to position a patient. These are some of the following that we will use to simplify the type of movement we are seeking:
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