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VOCAB
Question | Answer |
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COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY | A PROCEDURE WHERE A CROSS-SECTION IMAGE OF A SPECIFIC BODY SEGMENT IS PRODUCED |
CONTRAST TECHNIQUES | MATERIALS (CONTRAST MEDIA) ARE INJECTED TO OBTAIN CONTRAST WITH SURROUNDING TISSUE WHEN SHOWN ON X-RAY FILM |
IRRADIATION | ADMINISTERING RADIATION TREATMENT TO A PATIENT |
LETHAL | ABILITY TO KILL |
NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE | A MAGNETIC FIELD & RADIO WAVES ARE USED TO FORM IMAGES OF THE BODY |
NUCLEAR MEDICINE | MEDICAL SPECIALTY THAT STUDIES THE USES OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT OF DISEASE |
RAD | A UNIT OF ABSORBED RADIATION IN THE BODY |
RADIOISOTOPE | A RADIOACTIVE FORM OF A SUBSTANCE |
RADIOLUCENT | PERMITTING PASSAGE OF MOST X-RAYS (LUNGS) |
RADIOPAQUE | OBSRTUCTING THE PASSAGE OF X-RAYS (BONES) |
RADIUM | A RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE USED IN RADIATION THERAPY |
SCAN | A GENERAL TERM FOR IMAGES OF ORGANS, PARTS, OR TRANSVESE SECTIONS OF THE BODY PRODUCED IN VARIOUS WAYS |
TOMOGRAPHY | DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE IN WHICH A SERIES OF PICTURES ARE TAKEN AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS OF AN ORGAN |
ULTRASONOGRAPHY | DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE USING HIGH-FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES AS THEY ECHO OFF PARTS OF THE BODY |
ADENOIDS | COLLECTIONS OF LYMPH TISSUE IN THE NASOPHARYNX |
ALVEOLUS (ALVEOLI) | AIR SAC IN THE LUNG |
ASTHMA | BRONCHIAL AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION DEUE TO NARROWING OF THE BRONCHI |
BRONCHIOLES | SMALLEST BRANCHES OF THE BRONCHI |
BRONCHUS (BRONCHI) | BRANCH OF THE TRACHEA (WINDPIPE) THAT ACTS AS A PASSAGEWAY INTO THE AIR SPACES OF THE LUNG |
CILIA | THIN HAIRS ATTACHED TO THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE EPITHELIUM LINING THE RESPIRATORY TRACT |
DIAPHRAGM | MAIN MUSCLE OF RESPIRATION |
EPIGLOTTIS | PIECE OF CARTILAGE THAT COVERS THE LARYNX THAT PREVENTS FOOD FROM ENTERING THE TRACHEA |
EPISTAXSIS | NOSEBLEED |
EXTERNAL RESPIRATION | EXCHANGE OF AIR BETWEEN THE LUNGS & THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT |
INTERNAL RESPIRATION | EXCHANGE OF CARBON DIOXIDE & OXYGEN |
LARYNX | VOICE BOX |
PNEUMONIA | ACUTE INFLAMMATION & INFECTION OF THE ALVEOLI WHICH FILLS WITH PUS |
RALES | ABNORMAL CRACKLING SOUNDS HEARD DURING INSPIRATION |
RHONCHI | ABNORMAL, CONTINUOUS, MUSCICAL SOUNDS HEARD DURING EXPIRATION |
SPUTUM | MATERIAL EXPELLED FROM THE CHEST BY COUGHING OR CLEARING THE THROAT |
PULMON/O | LUNG |
PNEUM/O | LUNGAIR |
PHREN/O | DIAPHRAGM |
THORAC/O | CHEST |
SPIR/O | TO BREATHE |
NAS/O | NOSE |
RHIN/O | NOSE |
TONSILL/O | TONSILS |
PHARYNG/O | THROAT |
LARYNG/O | VOICE BOXLARYNX |
BRONCH/O | BROCHIAL TUBE |
RADI/O | RAYSRADIOACTIVITY |
TELE/O | DISTANT |
IS/O | SAMEEQUAL |
ECH/O | SOUND |
-PTYSIS | SPITTING |
-PNEA | BREATHING |
COPD | CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE |
URI | UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION |
SOB | SHORTNESS OF BREATH |