Language of Medicine Chapter 20 Straight-to- the-point answers for success.
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Course
MEDICINE
Institution
MEDICINE
What does a radiologist do? - Answer Specializes diagnostic techniques such as
ultrasound, MRI and CT scans.
PACS is a: - Answer System to replace traditional films with digital equivalents
What is thallium 201? - Answer Radionuclide
X-ray of the renal pelvis and urinary tract after injecting d...
Language of Medicine Chapter 20 Straight-to-
the-point answers for success.
What does a radiologist do? - Answer Specializes diagnostic techniques such as
ultrasound, MRI and CT scans.
PACS is a: - Answer System to replace traditional films with digital equivalents
What is thallium 201? - Answer Radionuclide
X-ray of the renal pelvis and urinary tract after injecting dye into a vein: - Answer IVP:
intravenous pyelogram
Which is an x-ray of a joint? - Answer Arthrogram
What best characterizes an MRI? - Answer Sagittal, frontal, and cross-sectional images
are produced using magnetic and radio waves
Which best describes a barium enema? - Answer Metallic powder is introduced to the
large intestine and x-rays are taken
What best characterizes a CT scan? - Answer Uses ionizing x-rays and computer to
produce a transverse image of the body organs
Which term describes an x-ray test to show an organ in depth? - Answer Tomography
In which procedure is a transducer used? - Answer ultrasound
SPECT is a: - Answer Technique using a radioactive substance and a computer to create
three-dimensional images
What is a substance that gives off high-energy particles or rays? - Answer Radioisotope
DICOM is a: - Answer Protocol for transmission between imaging devices
What can liver and spleen scans detect? - Answer Cirrhosis and splenomegaly due to
abscess or tumor
FDG is a: - Answer Radiopharmaceutical used in a PET scan
Measurement or observation within a living organism - Answer in vivo
Process (two dimensional) used to detect radioactivity emitted in diagnostic imaging - Answer
scintigraphy
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Diagnostic x-ray procedure in which cross-sectional images are made of specific body segments
- Answer computed tomography
Process of recording x-ray images of bile vessels - Answer cholangiography
Process of recording sound waves in order to produce an image of the heart - Answer
echocardography
In which x-ray view is the patient upright the back to the x-ray machine the film to the chest? -
Answer PA view (PA-pulmonary artery; posteroanterior)
What is an in vivo test? - Answer Experiments are performed in a living organism
Adbuction - Answer Movement away from the midline of the body.
angi/o - Answer vessel (blood)
Angiogram - Answer X-ray image of blood vessels after injecting contrast material into
the vessels.
anter/o - Answer front
poster/o - Answer after;behind
Anteroposterior view - Answer Directed from the front toward the back.
aort/o - Answer aorta (largest artery)
Aortography - Answer radiological examination of the aorta and its branches following
injection of a contrast medium via a catheter.
-graphy - Answer process of recording, process of recording
Arthrogram - Answer A test done by injecting dye into the shoulder joint and then taking
x-rays. Areas where the dye leaks out indicate a tear in the tendons.
arthr/o - Answer joint
-gram - Answer record
Arthrography - Answer A procedure involving multiple x rays of a joint using a
fluoroscope, or a special piece of x-ray equipment which shows an immediate x-ray image. A
contrast medium (in this case, a contrast iodine solution) injected into the joint area helps
highlight structures of the joint.
Barium enema - Answer Contrast medium is injected into the rectum and x-rays are taken
to search for lesions
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