med term Flashcards
albumin/o
albbumin, protein
fluor/o
glowing
lapar/o
abdomen
lingu/o
tounge
scopy
visual eamination
pyret/o
fever
ultra
beyond
used to measure blood pressue
sphygmomanometer
listening for sounds within the body and is usually performed through a sethoscope
ausultation
crackles
rales
abnorml, high pitched musical breathing sound caused by a blockage in throat or in larynx
stridor
an examination technique in which examiners hands are used to feel the texture, size of certain body parts.
palpatation
abnormal sound or murmur heard during ausultation of an artery
bruit
instrument used yo enlarge the opening of any canal or cavity
speculum
the patient is lying on the back, face up, with the feet and legs raised and supported in stirrups
lithomy position
a diagnostic procedure designed to determine the density of a body part by the sound produced by tapping the surface with the fingers
percusssion
patient is laying on the left side with the right knee and thigh drawn up with the left arm placed along the back
sims postition
the precentege,by volume of a blood sample occupied by red cells.
hematocrit
appear as light gray or white on the radiograph
radiopaque hard tissues
apear shades of gray to black
radiolucent soft tissues
the imaging of cross-sections of a part of the body
tomography
the flow of blood through an organ
perfusion
taken into the body or adminitrated in a manner other then the digestive trsck
parenteral
