Radiology & Nuclear Medicine

Question 1

arthr/o

Answer 1

joint

Question 2

cyst/o

Answer 2

bladder

Question 3

encephal/o

Answer 3

brain

Question 4

son/o

Answer 4

sono

Question 5

fluor/o

Answer 5

fluorescence, luminous

Question 6

myel/o

Answer 6

spinal code

Question 7

radi/o

Answer 7

ray, x-ray

Question 8

pyel/o

Answer 8

renal pelvis

Question 9

tom/o

Answer 9

to cut

Question 10

ven/o

Answer 10

vein

Question 11

arteri/o

Answer 11

artery

Question 12

-lucent

Answer 12

to shine

Question 13

-scope

Answer 13

instrument for examing

Question 14

-graph

Answer 14

insturment for recording

Question 15

-graphy

Answer 15

recording

Question 16

-gram

Answer 16

record

Question 17

-opaque

Answer 17

dark, non transparent

Question 18

tomography

Answer 18

“process of cutting across and producing images of single tissue planes that help place into focus a very particular object within a larger field”

Question 19

radiolucent

Answer 19

“pertaining to property of permitting the passage of radiant energy”

Question 20

arteriography

Answer 20

“process of making an x-ray record of the arteries”

Question 21

fluoroscopy

Answer 21

“process of examining internal structures by viewing the shadows cast on a fluorescent screen after the x-ray has passed through the body”

Question 22

ionization

Answer 22

“process of breaking up molecules into their component parts”

Question 23

myelogram

Answer 23

“x-ray record of the spinal cord made visible with a radiopaque contrast medium”

Question 24

thermography

Answer 24

“process of recording heat patterns of the body’s surface”

Question 25

arthrography

Answer 25

“process of making an x-ray record of a joint”

Question 26

cholecystogram

Answer 26

“x-ray record of the gallbladder made visible through the use of a radiopaque contrast medium”

Question 27

echoencephalography

Answer 27

“process of using ultrasound to study intracranial structures of the brain”

Question 28

radiopaque

Answer 28

“pertaining to property of obstructing the passage of radiant energy”

Question 29

angiocardiogram

Answer 29

“x-ray record of the heart and great vessels made visible through the use of a radiopaque medium”

Question 30

sonogram

Answer 30

“record produced by an ultrasound”

Question 31

echography

Answer 31

“process of using ultrasound as a diagnostic tool”

Question 32

cinematoradiography

Answer 32

“process of making an x-ray record of an organ in motion”

Question 33

roentgen

Answer 33

“international unit for describing the exposure dose of x-rays or gamma rays”

Question 34

CT

Answer 34

computed tomography

Question 35

MRI

Answer 35

magnetic resonance imaging

Question 36

AP

Answer 36

anteroposterior

Question 37

IR

Answer 37

interventional radiology