Ch. 20 A-C
Study of the uses of radioactive substances in the diagnosis of disease
Nuclear medicine
AP
K. Anteroposterior view (front to back)
Study of the harmful effects of drugs
Toxicology
Addiction
Physical and Psychological dependence on a drug
Conscious, coordinating part of the personality
ego
Use of echoes of high-frequency sound waves to diagnose disease
Ultrasonography
Oblique
E. X-ray tube positioned on an angle
Authoritative listing of drugs, formulas, and preparations that sets a standard for drug manufacturing and dispensing is
United States Pharmacopeia
Intravenous
Within a vein
Uncomfortable feelings are separated from their real object and redirected toward a second object or behavior pattern
Dissociation
Therapeutic procedures are performed by a radiologist under the guidance of CT, MRI, or ultrasonography
Interventional radiology
In vitro
Process, test, or procedure in which something is measured or observed outside a living organism
Government agency with legal responsibility for enforcing proper drug manufacture and clinical use
Food and Drug Administration
Dependence
Prolonged use of a drug that may lead to physiologic need for its actions in the body
Agoraphobia
Fear of leaving one's home or a safe place
Upper GI series
D. esophagus, stomach, and small intestine
Uptake
the rate of absorption of a radionuclide into an organ or tissue
Applied locally on skin or mucous membrane
Topical
Inhalation
H. Aerosol medications
Bulimia nervosa is an example of a/an
Eating disorder
Barium enema
E. Lower gastrointestinal tract
Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi scan
Test of heart function
Injected via syringe under the skin or into a vein, muscle, or body cavity
Parenteral
Intradermal
C. Skin testing for allergy
Hypochondriasis
Preoccupation with bodily aches , pains, and discomforts (in the absence of real illness)