Ch 20 Flashcards
Fluor/o
Fluorescence, luminous
Sial/o
Salivary
Tom/o
To cut
Angiocardiogram
X-ray record of the heart and great vessels / vessel heart record
Angiogram
X-ray record of blood vessels made possible with injected radiopaque
Angiography
A medical imagining technique used to visualized the insides or lumen of blood vessels and organs of the body
Arteriography vs arthrography
Process of making an X-ray record of the arteries
Process of making an X-ray record of the joints
Barium sulfate
Radiopaque barium compound used as a contrast medium in X-rat examination of the digestive tract
Bronchogram
X-ray record of the bronchi tree made visible
Contract medium
Radiopaque substance used in certain X-rat procedures to permit visualization of the organs or structure
Curie
Unit of radioactivity
Dose
Amount of medication of radiation to be administers
Echography
Process of using ultrasound in diagnostic tool by making record of the echo produced when sound waves
Film
Thin cellulose coated light sensitive sheet or slip of material used in taking pictures
Fluorescence
Property of certain substance to emit light as a result of exposure to and absorption
Ion
Atomic particle consisting of an atom or a group of Atoms that carry an electrical charge either negative or positive
Ionizing radiation
Powerful invisible energy capable of producing ions
Isotope
One of the series of nuclide that are chemically identified yet different in atomic weight and electrical charge radioactive isotype are composed of unstable Adams and most are artificially produced
Lead
Metallic chemical element soft heavy inelastic mallable ductile bluish-gray metallic element used in its metallic form as a protective shielding against X-rays
Physicist
Literally means one who specializes in nature
Rad
Amount of radiation absorbed the letters stand for radiation absorbed dose
Ech/o
Echo
