Bonus
What does the term recumbent mean?
Lying down (may be prone or supine)
pharmaceut/o
drug
Diagnostic x ray procedure whereby a cross sectional image of a specific body segment is produced.
CT Scan (computed tomography)
What does the term eversion mean
turning outward
ECHO
echocardiography
Which scan would be preferred to look at a spinal cord or brain injury? MRI or CT?
MRI
son/o
sound
Process, test or procedure is performed or measured outside a living organism (i.e in a test tube)
In vitro
handheld device that sends and receives ultrasound signals
ultrasound transducer
fMRI
functional MRI
Describe the term inversion
turning inward
lucent
In vivo
Process, test, or procedure is performed, measured or observed within a living organism.
describe a thallium scan
PET
positron emission tomography
True or false
A CT scan is sometimes called a CAT scan because it was originally known as computerized axial tomography)
True
opaque
obscure
What does radiolucent mean?
permitting the passage of x rays.
Attaching a nuclide to a chemical or substance and following its path through the body
Tagging
T-Spine
thoracic spine
What is the time required for a radioactive substance to lose half its radioactivity by disintegration?
Half Life
echo
repeated sound
The rate of absorption of a radionuclide into an organ or tissue
Uptake
What is a lymphoscintigraphy
type of nuclear medicine imaging that provides pictures of the lymphatic system
MRV
magnetic resonance venography