Chapter 19 Cancer Medicine & Chapter 20 Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Flashcards
The pathologist’s report described the malignant tumor as fungating, According to this gross description, the tumor had:
a. spaces filled with thick, sticky fluid
b. a red and swollen appearance
c. a mushrooming pattern of growth
d. a large, soft, fleshy appearance
a mushrooming pattern of growth
a ______gram is a record obtained by using sound waves to create an image of body organs
a. sono
b. fluoro
c. radio
d. echo
Sono
This detects human chorionic gonadotropin is serum of patients with testicular cancer
a. beta-hCG protein marker test
b. Laparoscopy
c. CEA
d. Exfoliative cytology
Beta-hCG protein marker test
x-rays images were made of a patient’s enal pelvis and urinary tract after contrast was injected using a catheter placed through the urethra, bladder, or ureter and into the renal pelvis; the procedure is called:
a. barium enema
b. retrograde pyelogram
c. myelogram
d. intravenous pyelogram
retrograde pyelogram
The combining form fibr/o means:
a. fibers
b. hair
c. connective tissue
d. small sacs
fibers
Treatment wit drugs to damage the DNA of cancer cells is called _______therapy
a. chemo
b. biological
c. medico
d. cryo
chemo
which ultrasound imaging procedure allows for visualization of blood flow in moving structures?
a. echocardiography
b. sonogram
c. fluoroscopy
d. doppler studies
doppler studies
The combining form tom/o means:
to cut
The suffix -lucent means:
to shine
Osteo__________ is a malignant tumor of bone
a. myeloma
b. sarcoma
c. sarkoma
d. carcinoma
Sarcoma
Redness, swelling, and heat are characteristic of _________ tumors:
a. cystic
b. ulcerating
c. malignant
d. inflammatory
Inflammatory
The extent of the spread of a tumor within the body is called its:
a. grade
b. metastasis
c. stage
d. differentiation
stage
a monitoring device designed to detect and record the amount of radiation exposure is called a :
a. film badge
b. scintiscanner
c. radiation dosimeter
d.linear accelerator
Film Badge or Radiation dosimeter
Interventional radiologists perform invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures usually under _____________ guidance.
a. computed tomography
b. magnetic resonance imaging
c. radiography
d. colour flow imaging
Computed tomography
another word meaning radionuclide is:
a. radioisotope
b. rad
c. ionization
d. radioactive
radioiostope
an adeno_______ is a cancerous tumor arising from glandular cells:
a. sarcoma
b. lymphoma
c. myeloma
d. carcinoma
carcinoma
Scraping and microscopic examination of cells from the region of suspected disease is called:
a. exfoliative cytology
b. laparoscopy
c. A beta-hCG test
d. A CEA test
Exfoliative Cytology
the prefix ana- means:
a. painful
b. abnormal
c. backward
d. off or away
backward
Mandy’s blood specimen will be exposed to radioactive material for a ________ study
a. in vitro
b. en vivo
c. in vivo
d. en vitro
In vitro
Ten years ago, this 45 year old female patient had a cancerous tumor removed from behind her right eye, and after that surgery, her symptoms associated with that disease completely disappeared.
What happened to the patient’s cancer symptoms after her surgery?
remission
The patient was referred to a specialist in the study and treatment of the eye.
What type of specialist was the patient sent to?
Ophthalmologist
what is a medical word for double vision?
Diplopia
what is the medical term that means the absence of half of a visual field?
Hemianopsia
The examination revealed that although her original cancerous tumor was removed, her cancer had spread to a secondary site.
what does it mean when your cancer spreads to a secondary location?
metastasis
