Radiology & Nuclear Medicine Flashcards
arthr/o
joint
cyst/o
bladder
encephal/o
brain
son/o
sono
fluor/o
fluorescence, luminous
myel/o
spinal code
radi/o
ray, x-ray
pyel/o
renal pelvis
tom/o
to cut
ven/o
vein
arteri/o
artery
-lucent
to shine
-scope
instrument for examing
-graph
insturment for recording
-graphy
recording
-gram
record
-opaque
dark, non transparent
tomography
“process of cutting across and producing images of single tissue planes that help place into focus a very particular object within a larger field”
radiolucent
“pertaining to property of permitting the passage of radiant energy”
arteriography
“process of making an x-ray record of the arteries”
fluoroscopy
“process of examining internal structures by viewing the shadows cast on a fluorescent screen after the x-ray has passed through the body”
ionization
“process of breaking up molecules into their component parts”
myelogram
“x-ray record of the spinal cord made visible with a radiopaque contrast medium”
thermography
“process of recording heat patterns of the body’s surface”