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| Rotation of the spine for any reason should be expected to cause an apparent ___________ in bone density when measured with DXA. |
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| Rotation is perhaps most easily signaled on the bone density study by the lack of alignment of the __________. |
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| The femoral neck should ideally be ___________ to the plane of the exam table. |
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| The best visual indication of the rotation of the proximal femur is the size of the ___________ in the proximal femur scan image. |
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| Insufficient rotation results in a very large appearing ___________, called the ___________ sign. |
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lesser trochanter
"Pikes Peak" |
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| An imaginary line that bisects the femoral shaft that should be ___________ to the edge of the scan table, not the lateral edge of the femoral shaft itself. |
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| The ___________ is an important anatomic structure from the perspective of recognizing the degree to which the femur has been rotated during positioning for a proximal femoral bone density study. |
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| Internally rotating the proximal femur ___________ will generally bring the femoral neck parallel to the plane of the scan table. |
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| The femoral neck BMD is the ___________ when the femoral neck is parallel to the scan table. |
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| Inadequate internal rotation and thus a failure to achieve parallel femoral neck positioning are indicated by a large ___________ |
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There was no statistically significant difference between the average femoral neck BMDs in the right and left femurs. |
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| The dominant forearm bone densities tend to be ___________ than those of the nondominant side. |
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| In healthy individuals, the BMC at the 33% radial site differs by ___________ between the dominant and nondominant arms. |
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