Orientation medial vs lateral tips and Anatomy Radiology Lectures (front limb done and abdomen and thorax)

Deltoid tuberosity

Lateral

Greater tubercle of the humerus

Lateral

Teres major tuberosity

Medial

Styloid process of radius

Medial

Styloid process of ulna

Lateral

Accessory carpal bone

Lateral

How can you identify a right lateral view?

You can see the caudal vena cava going into the right crura slightly cranial to the left crura

Right lateral

Left lateral

Ventrodorsal

Dorsoventral

How can you identify a ventrodorsal view?

Heart flops and looks elongated

Diaphragm has 3 domes

How can you identify a dorsoventral view?

Round heart

Diaphragm has one done

Gas in fundus and pylorus

There are 3 openings into the diaphragm. Rank them dorsal to ventral

Aorta

Esophagus

CVC

What lung lobe goes the most cranial?

Tip of left cranial

Where are the right middle and caudal part of left cranial lung lobe usually sit in a lateral view?

Superimposed on the heart

What are the lobes of the right lung?

Right cranial

Right middle

Right caudal

Accessory lobe

What are the lobes of the left lung?

Cranial part of left cranial

Caudal part of left cranial

Caudal lobe

How do you identify arteries in the pulmonary vasculature?

Up and away

How do you identify veins in the pulmonary vasculature?

Ventral and central

What is located in the cranial mediastinum?

Trachea, esophagus, thymus, sternal LNs, cranial mediastinal LNs, vessels

What is located in the middle mediastinum?

Cardiac silhouette, tracheobronchial lymph nodes, vessels, trachea esophagus

What is located in the caudal mediastinum?

Vena cava, aorta, vessels, esophagus, trachea, caudoventral mediastinal reflection

On a lateral view where is the left atrium located?

12-2 o’clock

On a lateral view where is the left ventricle located?

2-5 o’clock

Where is the right ventricle located on a lateral view?

5-9 o’clock

Where is the main pulmonary artery, right auricle, and aortic arch located in a lateral radiograph?

9-11 o’clock

On a VD/DV view where is the aortic arch located?

11-1 o’clock

On a VD/DV view where is the main pulmonary artery located?

1-2 o’clock

On a VD/DV view where is the left auricle located?

2-3 o’clock

On a VD/DV view where is the left ventricle located?

3-5 o’clock

On a VD/DV view where is the right ventricle located?

5-9 o’clock

On a VD/DV view where is the right atrium located?

9-11 o’clock

On a VD/DV view where is the left atrium located?

In the middle

What lobe of the dog liver is most caudoventral?

Left lateral

T/F the gallbladder is visible in a normal radiograph?

False

Where is the head of the spleen located?

Left cranial abdomen

Where does the gas in the stomach go during a right lateral view?

Into the fundus

Where does the gas go in the stomach during a left lateral view?

Pylorus

What is the benefit of a skyline view on a equine carpus radiograph?

Isolates the distal row of carpal bones

Describe what you see in a flexed lateral view of a horse carpus?

ICU (intermediate carpal moves up)

How can you identify a DLPM view on a horse carpus?

There is a large indent in the distal row of carpal bones on the right side