Positioning patient so x-rays pass from anterior to posterior side
What is anteroposterior (AP) view?
100
Structures impenetrable to x-rays are called? (They show up as light areas on x-ray films)
What is radiopaque?
100
Cross section views of body from x-rays taken at multiple angles, then a computer uses them to construct a composite model cross-section.
What is a computed tomography (CT) scan?
100
Use of electromagnetic energy to produce an image of the soft tissues in any plane of the body.
What is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study?
100
Word part meaning sound
What is son/o?
200
Absorption of radioactive material and medicines into an organ or tissue.
What is uptake?
200
Structures that allow x-rays to pass through them are called? (They show up as black areas on x-ray film.)
What is radiolucent?
200
Use of radioactive substances to diagnose diseases, known to accumulate in certain body tissues injected or inhaled. After it travels the radioactivity level is recorded (scanned).
What is a nuclear medicine scan?
200
X-rays shot against a screen that constantly changes to show movement such as heart beating or digestion motion.
What is fluoroscopy?
200
Word part meaning to cut?
What is tom/o?
300
Soft metallic element used as radiopaque x-ray dye.
What is barium?
300
Recording on a photographic plate the emission of radioactive waves after a substance has been injected into the body.
What is a scan?
300
Use of high energy radiation to expose a film (or digital) plate to examine high density structures (bone) in the body.
What is radiology?
300
Use of ultrasound to record velocity of blood flowing through blood vessels, used to detect blood clots.
What is Doppler ultrasonography?
300
Word part meaning luminous
What is fluor/o?
400
1. Attaching radioactive material to chemical to trace it as it moves through the body. 2. Badge containing film sensitive to x-rays to measure exposure.
1. What is tagging? 2. What is a film badge?
400
1. Device used to protect against radiation. 2. Positioning of the patient so x-rays pass through body from posterior to anterior side.
1. What is a shield? 2. What is posteroanterior (PA) view?
400
Image is produced following injection of radioactive glucose (sugar) which will show where there is high metabolic activity (eating) in the body or brain happening.
What is a positron emission tomography (PET) scan?
400
Radiopaque substance injected or swallowed before x-rays are taken to outline body structures.
What is a contrast study?
400
Word part meaning x-ray
What is roentgen/o?
500
1. High energy wave that can penetrate most solid matter and make image on film. 2. Physician who uses images to diagnose abnormalities and radiant energies to treat conditions like cancer.
1. What is an x-ray? 2. What is a radiologist?
500
1. Positioning of patient so side of body faces x-ray. 2. Radioactive form of an element.
1. What is lateral view? 2. What is radioisotope?
500
Use of high frequency sound waves to bounce of body structures and echo back to device to create an image. Used for soft tissue exams inside the body.
What is an ultrasound?
500
1. The making of x-ray pictures. 2. Word part meaning nucleus.
1. What is radiography? 2. What is nucle/o?
500
1. Word part meaning front 2. Word part meaning back