RAD 021 - Advanced Radiographic Anatomy - Units 2

Prerequisites: RAD-012, Radiographic Anatomy, with a grade of "C" or better and.

Corequisites: RAD-020, Advanced Radiographic Positioning and Terminology, and RAD-020A, Advanced Clinical Laboratory, and RAD-022, Fundamentals of X-Ray and Radium Physics.

Limitations on Enrollment: Admission to the Radiological Technology Program.

This course is designed to introduce the student to complex systems of the body. The course includes the structures of the various parts of each specialized system. The systems involved are the muscular, circulatory, digestive, genitourinary, nervous, endocrine, and others. Radiographic application of these systems is presented as well as common anomalies and pathologies related to these systems as indicated by radiographic examination. Detailed study of the skull and facial bones is included. (CSU)