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Haney Med Term 7
Haney Med Term C20 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abduction | Movement of a limb away from the body |
| adduction | movement of a limb toward of the axis of the body |
| anteroposterior | from the front of the back of the body. commonly associated with the direction of the x-ray beam |
| aortography | A radiographic process in which the aorta and its branches are injected with any various contrast media for visualizations |
| arthrography | A method of radiographically visualizing the inside of a joint by injecting air of contrast medium |
| axial | pertaining to or situated on the axis of a structure or part of the body |
| betatron | A cyclic accelerator that produces high energy electrons for radiotherapy treatments |
| brachytherapy | the placement of radioactive sources in contact with or implanted into the tissues to be treated |
| cineradiography | the filming with a movie camera of the images that appear on a fluorescent screen, especially those images of body structures that have been injected wit a nontoxic, radiopaque medium for diagnostic purpose |
| computed tomography | an x-ray technique that produces a film representing a detailed cross section of tissue structure |
| digital radiography | any method of x-ray image formation that uses a computer to store an manipulate data |
| Doppler effect | the apparent change in frequency of sound or light waves emitted by a source as it movies away from or toward an observer |
| eversion | a turning outward of inside out, such a turning of the foot outward |
| extension | a movement allowed by certain joints of the skeleton that decreases the angle between two adjoining bones, such as bending the elbow,which decreases the angle between the humerus and the ulna |
| flexion | A movement allowed by certain joints of the skeleton that decreases the angle between two adjoining bones, such as bending the elbow, which decreases the angle between the humerus and ulna |
| fluorescence | the emission of light of one wavelength when exposed to light of a different, usually shorter wavelength, a property possessed by certain substances |
| fluoroscopy | a technique in radiology for visually examining a part of the body or the function of an organ using a fluoroscope |
| gamma camera | a device that uses the emission of light from a crystal struck by gamma rays to produce an image of the distribution of radioactive material in a body organ |
| half life | the time required for a radioactive substance to loose 50% of its activity though decay |
| interstitial therapy | radiotherapy in which needles or wires that contain radioactive material and implanted directly into tumor areas |
| inversion | an abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inside out, such as uterine inversion, also refers to turning inward, as in iversion of the ankle |
| lethal | capable of causing death |
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