med term Flashcards

1
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albumin/o

A

albbumin, protein

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2
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fluor/o

A

glowing

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3
Q

lapar/o

A

abdomen

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4
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lingu/o

A

tounge

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5
Q

scopy

A

visual eamination

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6
Q

pyret/o

A

fever

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7
Q

ultra

A

beyond

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8
Q

used to measure blood pressue

A

sphygmomanometer

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9
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listening for sounds within the body and is usually performed through a sethoscope

A

ausultation

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9
Q

crackles

A

rales

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10
Q

abnorml, high pitched musical breathing sound caused by a blockage in throat or in larynx

A

stridor

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11
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an examination technique in which examiners hands are used to feel the texture, size of certain body parts.

A

palpatation

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11
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abnormal sound or murmur heard during ausultation of an artery

A

bruit

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12
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instrument used yo enlarge the opening of any canal or cavity

A

speculum

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13
Q

the patient is lying on the back, face up, with the feet and legs raised and supported in stirrups

A

lithomy position

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14
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a diagnostic procedure designed to determine the density of a body part by the sound produced by tapping the surface with the fingers

A

percusssion

15
Q

patient is laying on the left side with the right knee and thigh drawn up with the left arm placed along the back

A

sims postition

16
Q

the precentege,by volume of a blood sample occupied by red cells.

A

hematocrit

17
Q

appear as light gray or white on the radiograph

A

radiopaque hard tissues

18
Q

apear shades of gray to black

A

radiolucent soft tissues

19
Q

the imaging of cross-sections of a part of the body

A

tomography

20
Q

the flow of blood through an organ

A

perfusion

21
Q

taken into the body or adminitrated in a manner other then the digestive trsck

A

parenteral