Lesson 13 Vocabulary
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Any place in the body where two bones meet
What is a joint/articulation
A multitasking muscular funnel that helps you breathe and directs food and liquid to your digestive system.
What is the Pharynx
In medical terminology, this refers to the movement of a joint that increases the angle between the bones involved.
What is Extension
A medical specialty that uses medical imaging to diagnose and treat diseases.
What is Radiology.
They prepare patients for EKG testing, ensuring proper electrode placement and patient comfort.
What is an Electrocardiogram Technician
Refers to the accidental inhalation of food, liquid, or other foreign material into the lungs instead of the esophagus.
What is Aspiration
Structural changes to your soft and connective tissues that cause them to stiffen, tighten and contract.
What are Contractures
A medical term that describes the bending of a joint. It occurs when the angle between two bones at a joint decrease.
What is Flexion.
A non-invasive medical test that records the electrical activity of the heart.
What is an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
A medical test that measures the electrical activity of the brain using small metal discs (electrodes) attached to the scalp.
What is an electroencephalogram (EEG)
A medical procedure to removed something from an area of the body using suction
What is Aspiration
A condition caused by pressure on the median nerve in the wrist.
What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
The nerve affected by carpal tunnel syndrome, which runs from the forearm through the wrist into the hand and becomes compressed or squeezed as it passes through a narrow passageway in the wrist
What is the median nerve
This technique uses electromagnetic radiation to create images of bones and some soft tissues.
The medical term for heart rhythm disorders
What are Arrhythmias.
The pharynx plays a role in both the respiratory and digestive system. It delivers air to what respiratory and digestive organs?
What is trachea/lungs and esophagus/stomach
Your larynx contains this organ, which creates sound.
What are the vocal cords
The organ that precedes the stomach in the digestive system.
What is the esophagus
This technique uses sound waves to create images of internal organs and tissues.
What are ultrasounds
Another name for a nuclear medicine technologist
What is a radioisotope technologist
The larynx is part of this system
What is the respiratory system
In other tissues, like your muscles or ligaments, scarring is called. . . . .
What is Fibrosis
The medical term for your voice box
What is the larynx
During an electrocardiogram, these are placed on the chest and detects the electrical signals from the heart.
What are electrodes.
This technique uses X-rays to create detailed cross-sectional images of the body.
What is a Computed Tomography (CT) scan