Exam #4

Question 1

Angiography

Answer 1

Radiographic procedure used to visualize blood vessels after the introduction of contrast material; used as diagnostic aid in conditions such as strokes and myocardial infractions

Question 2

Arrhythmia

Answer 2

Any change from the normal sequence of electrical impulses of the heart, such as bradycardia and tachycardia

Question 3

Arthrography

Answer 3

Examination of a joint using x-rays after the injection of opaque contrast material

Question 4

Aseptic

Answer 4

Describes a product or method that is free of microbiological organisms

Question 5

Atelectasis

Answer 5

Medical condition in which the lungs are not fully inflated

Question 6

Auscultation

Answer 6

Technical term for listening to the internal sounds of the body, usually using a stethoscope

Question 7

Benign prosthetic hypertrophy

Answer 7

Non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate gland

Question 8

C-arm

Answer 8

X-ray image intensifier, fluoroscope, highly complex piece of equipment that uses x-rays and produces a real time imaging that is displayed on monitor

Question 9

Central venous pressure CVP

Answer 9

Pressure of blood in the thoracic, vena cava, near the right atrium of the heart; reflects amount of blood, returning to the heart and ability to pump the blood out of the heart into the arterial system

Question 10

Contaminated

Answer 10

Presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of blood or other potentially infectious materials on an item or surface

Question 11

Foley Catheter

Answer 11

Indwelling catheter retained in the bladder by a balloon inflated with air or fluid

Question 12

Isolette

Answer 12

Used as an incubator for premature infants, provides control, temperature, and humidity and oxygen supply

Question 13

Lithotomy position

Answer 13

common position for surgical procedures in medical examinations involving the pelvis and lower abdomen
- patient is in the dorsal decubitus position with the hips and knees flexed in the thighs, abducted and externally rotated

Question 14

Manual resuscitator

Answer 14

Ambu bag
Handheld device commonly used to provide positive pressure ventilation to patients who are not breathing or not adequately breathing

Question 15

Microorganisms

Answer 15

Microscopic organisms
Bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa

Question 16

Myelography

Answer 16

X-ray examination of the spinal canal, contrast agent injected through needle to the space around spinal cord, primary purpose is to evaluate spinal cord and/or nerve roots for suspected compression

Question 17

Pneumothorax

Answer 17

Accumulation of air or gas in plural space

Question 18

Purulent

Answer 18

Consisting of, or containing pus

Question 19

Serous

Answer 19

Resembling serum, having thin, watery constitution

Question 20

Sterile

Answer 20

Aseptic

Question 21

Subungual

Answer 21

Beneath the fingernail or toenail

Question 22

Swan – Ganz catheter

Answer 22

Flow directed balloon, tipped pulmonary artery catheter
- Initially developed for management of acute myocardial infraction
- Provides right heart diagnostic information to rapidly determine hemodynamic pressures, cardiac output, mixed venous blood sampling

Question 23

Tracheostomy

Answer 23

Surgical creation of an opening into the trachea through the neck

Question 24

Trendelenburg position

Answer 24

Patient is supine on the table, head tilted downward, 30 to 40° with feet/pelvis higher than head

Question 25

Urinary meatus

Answer 25

External urethral orifice, opening of the urethra on the body surface through which urine is discharged

Question 26

Voiding cystourethrogram

Answer 26

Obtained by the use of fluoroscopy and contrast agent introduced through a catheter in bladder before/during/after voiding of the bladder/urethra/kidneys