Unit 2: Body Structure

Question 0

What does the combining form ventr/o mean?

Answer 0

belly, belly side

Question 1

what does the suffix -ad mean?

Answer 1

toward

Question 2

What does the combining form caud/o mean?

Answer 2

tail

Question 3

what does the combining form inguin/o mean?

Answer 3

groin

Question 4

what is your thorax?

Answer 4

chest

Question 5

what other cavities are included in the ventral cavity?

Answer 5

Thoracic, abdominal, abdomino-pelvic, pelvic

Question 6

What does the abbreviation Bx mean??

Answer 6

Biopsy

Question 7

what does the abbreviation CT mean?

Answer 7

computed tomography

Question 8

CXR stands for

Answer 8

chest x ray

Question 9

MRI stands for

Answer 9

Magnetic resonance imaging

Question 10

PET stands for

Answer 10

Positron emission tomography

Question 11

US stands for

Answer 11

ultrasound

Question 12

SPECT stands for

Answer 12

single proton emission computed tomography

Question 13

what is adhesion?

Answer 13

band of scar tissue binding anatomical surfaces that are usually separated

Question 14

What is inflammation?

Answer 14

Protective response of body tissues to irritation, allergies, or swelling

Question 15

sepsis

Answer 15

body’s inflammatory response to infection. Results in fever, elevated heart and respiratory rate, and low BP

Question 16

What is an endoscopy?

Answer 16

Visual examination of the interior organs and cavities with an endoscope

Question 17

What is a fluoroscopy?

Answer 17

Radio graphic procedure that uses a fluorescent screen to produce an image immediately.

Question 18

What is an MRI?

Answer 18

Uses electromagnetic energy to produce cross section images of the body

Question 19

What is a nuclear scan?

Answer 19

Diagnostic technique that produces an image of an organ

Question 20

what is a radiography?

Answer 20

production of captured shadow images

Question 21

What is a radiopharmaceutical?

Answer 21

A drug that contains a radioactive substance which travels to an area or a specific organ

Question 22

what is a scan?

Answer 22

technique for carefully studying an area by displaying an image of the area

Question 23

what is a tomography?

Answer 23

Radiographic technique that produces a film with a detailed cross section of an area

Question 24

What is a computed tomography?

Answer 24

Uses a narrow beam of x rays that rotate in a full arc around to patient to acquire multiple views of the body

Question 25

What is a PET

Answer 25

Combines computed tomography with radiopharmaceuticals that produce a transverse image of radioactivity in a section of the body

Question 26

What is a SPECT

Answer 26

nuclear imaging study that scans organs after injection of a radioactive tracer and detects emitted radiation

Question 27

What is an ultrasonagraphy

Answer 27

Uses high frequency sound waves that bounce off body tissues and produce and image

Question 28

What is Doppler?

Answer 28

Ultra high frequency sound waves produce audible sound of blood flowing through an artery

Question 29

What is anastomosis?

Answer 29

connection between 2 vessels; surgical joining of 2 ducts, or blood vessels

Question 30

What does cauterize mean?

Answer 30

burning abnormal tissue with electricity, freezing, heat, or chemicals

Question 31

Refers to the lower part of a structure

Answer 31

Inferior

Question 32

Refers to the upper part of a structure

Answer 32

Superior

Question 33

Refers to the back of the body

Answer 33

Posterior

Question 34

Refers to the front of the body

Answer 34

Anterior