Ch 18: Content Review Flashcards
Mediastinum codes are identified by which factor?
Surgical approach
This type of lymphadenectomy is the removal of the lymph nodes, glands, and surrounding tissues:
Radical
This bone marrow is taken from a close relative, so there is a genetic similarity.
Allogeneic
T/F: The diaphragm is a wall of muscle that separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities.
True
T/F: The stem cell harvesting in 38205 is the collection of stem cells from the bone marrow.
False
______ is a malignant disease of the bone marrow in which excessive white blood cells are produced.
Leukemia
T/F: The upper jugular group of lymph nodes are located in the groin.
False
The lymph node excision category codes are based on what two things?
Method and Location
A diaphragmatic hernia is also known as a(n):
?? (not thoracoabdominal hernia)
T/F: A person can live without a spleen.
True
What word describes a lymphadenectomy in which only the lymph nodes are removed?
Limited
T/F: The mediastinum is located between the lungs.
True
Define: The bone marrow is collected from the patient and later transplanted or reinfused back into the patient from whom it came.
Autologenic
What is it called when the diaphragm is out of normal position and has moved up farther into the thoracic cavity?
?? (not imbriation)