Medical Terminology
This term refers to difficulty or labored breathing
What is dyspnea
These eight small bones make up the wrist and are crucial for hand mobility and flexibility?
What are the carpal bones?
This effect occurs when X-ray photons are absorbed by the body and re-emitted, resulting in scattered radiation.
What is the Compton effect (or Compton scattering)?
This refers to twice a day
What is BID?
When imaging a PA chest, the central ray should enter at this level
What is T7?
In healthcare law, this is a serious crime that could result in more than a year in prison and disqualification from licensure.
What is a felony
An abnormally rapid heart rate is known as this.
What is tachycardia
This position demonstrates the glenoid cavity in profile without superimposition of the humeral head
What is the AP Oblique projection of the shoulder?
This is the process in an X-ray tube where electrons are heated to release more electrons, enabling X-ray production
What is thermionic emission?
This acronym means that a patient should not eat or drink anything.
What is NPO
This area of increased radiopacity on a chest X-ray may indicate the presence of fluid, such as in pleural effusion.
What is the costophrenic angle
This is a form of professional negligence where a healthcare provider's actions deviate from the standard of care, causing harm.
What is malpractice
Swelling caused by excess fluid in the body's tissues is called this.
This small bony projection on the scapula serves as an attachment point for muscles and ligaments and is easily felt in the front of the shoulder.
What is the coracoid process?
This refers to the total reduction in the number of x-rays remaining in an x-ray beam after penetration through a given thickness of tissue
What is attenuation?
This refers to shortness of breath on exertion
What is DOE or dyspnea on exertion?
This abdominal X-ray position is ideal for detecting free air when the patient cannot stand.
What is a left lateral decubitus abdomen?
This is intentional, unpermitted contact with a patient, such as performing a procedure without consent.
What is battery
This condition occurs when air leaks into the pleural space, causing a collapsed lung.
What is pneumothroax?
This upper extremity position visualizes the radial head, neck, and radial tuberosity free of super imposition
What is the external oblique of the elbow?
This phenomenon occurs when an X-ray photon ejects an electron from an inner shell, and an outer electron fills the vacancy.
What is the characteristic radiation (or characteristic X-ray production)?
This three-letter acronym refers to pneumonia.
PNA
This broad, upper part of the sternum connects with the clavicles and the first two ribs
What is the manubrium?
This principle requires healthcare providers to avoid causing harm to patients.
What is nonmaleficence?
This term refers to the process whereby a fluid passes into the tissue or an intravenous infusion leaks from a vein
This notch at the proximal end of the ulna articulates with the humerus to form the elbow joint.
What is the trochlear notch?
This part of the X-ray machine is responsible for focusing the electron beam onto the anode target.
What is the focusing cup
When a patient falls and lands on an outstretched hand, doctors often use this acronym to describe the mechanism of injury
What is FOOSH?
This condition is characterized by the presence of air in the abdominal cavity
What is pneumoperitoneum?
This legal term refers to a civil wrongdoing that results in harm to another person, for which they may seek compensation.
What is tort
A condition characterized by abnormally low levels of platelets in the blood.
What is thrombocytopenia
This is the only carpal bone that has a direct articulation with the first metacarpal, enabling the thumb’s unique range of motion.
What is the trapezium?
This type of interaction occurs when an electron rapidly decelerates while passing through the electric field of an atom.
What is Bremsstrahlung radiation?
This three-letter acronym stands for a condition where a blockage in the intestines prevents the normal flow of contents through the digestive tract, specifically in the small intestine
What is SBO
In this specialized chest X-ray view, the side of interest should be positioned up for pneumothorax evaluation and down for pleural effusion assessment.
What is the lateral decubitus chest x-ray?
This principle in healthcare law holds a professional responsible for the actions of another they directly oversee.
What is the borrowed servant doctrine?