17.3 Pituitary procedures and pharmacology

Question 1

Adenoma

Answer 1

A benign neoplasm of epithelial tissue

Question 2

Analog

Answer 2

A compound that resembles another structure, but not in function, analog is a means of the transmission of continuous information to our senses in contrast with a digital transmission of only zeros and ones

Question 3

Biopsy

Answer 3

Process of removing tissue from living patients for microscopic examination.

Question 4

Chiasm
Chiasma (alt)

Answer 4

X-shaped crossing of the two optic nerves at the base of the brain

Question 5

Craniotomy

Answer 5

Incision of the skull.

Question 6

Endoscope
Endoscopic (adj)

Answer 6

Instrument for viewing the inside of a tubular or hollow organ

Question 7

Gamma knife

Answer 7

Minimally invasive radio surgical system

Question 8

Optic

Answer 8

Pertaining to the eye.

Question 9

Osmolality

Answer 9

The concentration of a solution.

Question 10

Proton

Answer 10

The positively charged unit of the nuclear mass.

Question 11

Stereotactic

Answer 11

Pertaining to a precise three-dimensional method to locate a lesion or a tumour

Question 12

Transnasal

Answer 12

Through the nose.

Question 13

Transsphenoid

Answer 13

Through the sphenoid sinus

Question 14

Tumor

Answer 14

Any abnormal swelling