RADT 1001 & 1007 FINAL
EXAMQUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Tracheostomy - Answer -An opening through the neck into the trachea through which an
indwelling tube may be inserted to ventilate the patient's lungs.
Oncologist - Answer -The branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, and
treatment of malignancy
Podiatrist - Answer -Also known as a podiatric physician or "foot doctor", is a medical
professional, a physician devoted to the study and medical treatment of disorders of the
foot, ankle and lower extremity
Sterilization - Answer -Treatment of items with heat, gas, or chemicals to make them germ-
free.
Tort - Answer -A civil wrong, such as negligence, false imprisonment, assault, and battery
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) - Answer -Organization that provides complete
and comprehensive healthcare for the cost of the premium plus a small fee called a
copayment for each visit.
Res Ipsa Loquitur - Answer -Legal doctrine applied when negligence and loss are so
apparent they would be obvious to anyone. Literally, "the thing speaks for itself."
Ethics - Answer -The science or study of moral values or principles, including ideals of
autonomy, beneficence, and justice; the term is also applied to the moral values or
principles themselves.
Intensifying Screen - Answer -Plates coated with phosphors (fluorescent crystals) that emit
light when exposed to x-rays.
Libel - Answer -A false accusation written, printed, typewritten, or presented in a picture or
a sign that is made with malicious intent to defame the reputation of a person who is living
or the memory of a person who is dead, resulting in public embarrassment, contempt,
ridicule, or hatred.
, Slander - Answer -Any words spoken with malice that are untrue and prejudicial to the
reputation, professional practice, commercial trade, office, or business of another person.
Battery - Answer -The unlawful use of force against a person.
Malpractice - Answer -Professional negligence that is the proximate cause of injury or
harm to a patient, resulting from a lack of professional knowledge, experience, or skill that
can be expected in others in the profession or from a failure to exercise reasonable care or
judgement in the application of professional knowledge, experience, or skill.
Ilieostomy - Answer -Surgical formation of an opening of the ileum onto the surface of the
abdomen, through which fecal matter is expelled.
Purulent - Answer -Consisting of, containing, or discharging pus.
Thrombus (pl. thrombi) - Answer -An aggregation of platelets, fibrin, clotting factors, and
the cellular elements of the blood attached to the interior wall of a vein or artery.
Embolus (pl. emboli) - Answer -A free-floating clot, air bubble, or other substance in the
bloodstream.
Colostomy - Answer -Surgical creation of an artificial anus (stoma) on the abdominal wall
by increasing the colon and drawing it out to the surface.
Vector - Answer -An animal in whose body a pathogen multiplies or develops before
becoming infective to a new host.
Vehicle - Answer -Any substance, such as food or water, that can serve as a mode of
transmission for infectious agents.
Phagocytosis - Answer -The process by which certain cells engulf and destroy
microorganisms and cellular debris.
Systolic - Answer -Pertaining to systole, or the blood pressure measured at the peak of
ventricular contraction.
Diastolic - Answer -Pertaining to diastole, the blood pressure at the instant of maximum
cardiac relaxation.
Acute - Answer -Beginning abruptly with marked intensity or sharpness, then subsiding
after a relatively short period.
Chronic - Answer -Developing slowly and persisting for a long period.