Identification should include the
- basic unit of muscle tissue
- three types of muscle tissue, their characteristics, and their functions
- physiology and types of muscle contractions
- effects of aging on muscles
- recognition of radiographic characteristics of the most common pathologies and how to compensate technical factors to accommodate.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What are the dominant muscles seen on an abdomen/kidney, ureter, bladder (KUB) radiograph?
- What muscle group is demonstrated on a cervical spine radiograph? What does the absence of the normal curvature mean for that muscle group?
- Why does a fractured hip result in eversion of the leg?