Diagnostic Interventions

Question 1

IPPA

Answer 1

Inspection (looking), Palpation (feeling), Percussion (listening by tapping), Auscultation (listening, often with stethoscope)

Question 2

vital signs

Answer 2

pulse, BP, respiration, temperature

Question 3

cephalometry

Answer 3

measurement of the head

Question 4

ophthalmoscopy

Answer 4

seeing inside the eye

Question 5

endoscopy

Answer 5

using specialized instruments to view and operate on the internal organs and vessels

Question 6

urinary catheterization

Answer 6

tube known as a urinary catheter is inserted into a patient’s bladder via the urethra. Catheterization allows the patient’s urine to drain freely from the bladder for collection.

Question 7

ech/o, son/o

Answer 7

sound

Question 8

electr/o

Answer 8

electricity

Question 9

fluor/o

Answer 9

emitting light

Question 10

radi/o

Answer 10

radiant energy

Question 11

tom/o

Answer 11

to cut

Question 12

ultra-

Answer 12

excessive

Question 13

computed tomography

Answer 13

computer-processed combinations of many X-ray images taken from different angles to produce cross-sectional (tomographic) images

Question 14

magnetic resonance imaging

Answer 14

uses a magnetic field and pulses of radio wave energy to make pictures of organs and structures inside the body

Question 15

sonography

Answer 15

uses sound waves and sound echos

Question 16

contrast imaging

Answer 16

uses contrast medium (or contrast agent), a substance used to enhance the contrast of structures or fluids within the body in medical imaging

Question 17

fluoroscopy

Answer 17

study of moving body structures–similar to an X-ray “movie.” A continuous X-ray beam is passed through the body part being examined. The beam is transmitted to a TV-like monito

Question 18

nuclear scans (radiopharmaceuticals)

Answer 18

use a special camera (gamma) to take pictures of tissues and organs in the body after a radioactive tracer (radionuclide or radioisotope) is put in a vein in the arm and is absorbed by the tissues and organs. The radioactive tracer shows the activity and function of the tissues or organs

Question 19

positron emission tomography

Answer 19

ses radioactive tracers in a special dye. These tracers are injected into a vein in your arm and are then absorbed by your organs and tissues.

Question 20

radiation oncology, radiotherapy, radiation therapy

Answer 20

use of high-energy rays, usually x-rays and similar rays (such as electrons) to treat disease. It works by destroying cancer cells in the area that’s treated

Question 21

algesi/o

Answer 21

sensitivity to pain

Question 22

chem/o

Answer 22

chemical

Question 23

pharmac/o, pharmaceut/i

Answer 23

drugs

Question 24

plast/o

Answer 24

repair

Question 25

therapeut/o, -therapy

Answer 25

treatment

Question 26

tox/o

Answer 26

poison

Question 27

cytotoxic

Answer 27

toxic to living cells.

Question 28

antineoplastics

Answer 28

Acting to prevent, inhibit or halt the development of a neoplasm (a tumor).

Question 29

AMA

Answer 29

against medical advice

Question 30

Dx

Answer 30

diagnosis

Question 31

ICD

Answer 31

implantable cardioverter-defibrillator or International Classification of Diseases

Question 32

OTC

Answer 32

over the counter

Question 33

PET

Answer 33

positron emission tomography

Question 34

Sx

Answer 34

symptom

Question 35

WNL

Answer 35

within normal limits