The AP axial c-spine with the patient recumbent will require:
a 30 degree cephalic tube angle
a 10 degree cephalic tube angle
a 20 degree cephalic tube angle
a 15 degree cephalic tube angle
a 15 degree cephalic tube angle
Rationale: Recumbent AP axial c-spine will utilize a 15 degree cephalic tube angle in order to match the intervertebral disk spaces.
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