Chapter 20 Practice Pt 1

Question 1

process of recording sound waves waves in order to produce an image of the heart

Answer 1

echocardiography

Question 2

x-ray record of the uterus and fallopian tubes

Answer 2

hysterosalpingogram

Question 3

measurement or observation within a living organism

Answer 3

in vivo

Question 4

process (two dimensional) used to detect radioactivity emitted in diagnostic imaging

Answer 4

scintigraphy

Question 5

rate of absorption of a radionuclide into an organ or tissue

Answer 5

uptake

Question 6

permitting the passage of most x-rays

Answer 6

radiolucent

Question 7

transformation of electrically neutral substances into electrically charged particles

Answer 7

ionization

Question 8

x-ray position; lying down and on one’s side

Answer 8

lateral decubitus

Question 9

radioactive substances create cross-sectional images of regions of the body

Answer 9

positron emission tomography

Question 10

a procedure in which something is measured or observed outside a living organism

Answer 10

in vitro

Question 11

diagnostic x-ray procedure in which cross-sectional images are made of specific body segments

Answer 11

computed tomography

Question 12

movement toward to midline of the body

Answer 12

adduction

Question 13

a radioactive form of a substance

Answer 13

radioisotope

Question 14

process of recording x-ray images of bile vessels

Answer 14

cholangiography

Question 15

pertaining to treatment

Answer 15

therapeutic

Question 16

x-ray record of the renal pelvis

Answer 16

intravenous pyelogram

Question 17

obstructing the passage of x-rays

Answer 17

radiopaque

Question 18

medical specialty that studies the uses of radioactive substances (radionuclides) in diagnosis of disease

Answer 18

nuclear medicine

Question 19

radioactive drug (radionuclide plus chemical) that is administered for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes

Answer 19

radiopharmaceutical

Question 20

turning outward

Answer 20

eversion

Question 21

echoes of high-frequency sound waves are used to diagnose disease

Answer 21

ultrasonography

Question 22

a magnetic field and radio waves are used to form images of the body

Answer 22

magnetic resonance imaging

Question 23

therapeutic or diagnostic procedures performed by a radiologist ex. needle biopsy of a mass and drainage of an abscess, typically under the guidance of CT

Answer 23

interventional radiology