A patient is lying on his left lateral surface and the image receptor is placed along the anterior surface with the beam directed horizontally. What is the projection of the part?

PA
left lateral decubitus
right lateral decubitus
AP


PA

Rationale: A patient lying on their left side with the IR along the anterior surface and a horizontal beam describes a left lateral decubitus position. Projection describes how the beam passes through the part. The projection will pass through the part PA.

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