A PA wrist projection obtained with the hand flexed and the metacarpals at a 45-degree angle with the IR demonstrates
1. a closed radioulnar articulation.
2. foreshortened metacarpals.
3. a decrease in scaphoid foreshortening.
4. closed second through fifth carpometacarpal joint spaces.
a. 1 and 3 only
b. 1, 2, and 4 only
c. 2, 3, and 4 only
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4 only
C
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