Which of the following images show(s) up on x-ray film in the whitest coloration?
What is Bone
100
In which view does the x-ray beam pass through the body at an angle?
What is oblique
100
To study the gallbladder, the physician may order a
What is cholecystogram
100
The patient has been told not to apply any deodorant on the day of a scheduled test. The patient is going to have a
What is Mammogram
100
New growths are
What is neoplasia
200
X-rays are
What is high-energy electromagnetic impulses
200
The medical assistant is responsible for giving the patient instructions before the x-ray exam. When using which contrast medium must the medical assistant ask if the patient is allergic to shellfish?
What is iodine
200
The initial study of a patient who is experiencing gastrointestinal symptoms is usually a
What is upper GI series
200
An angiogram is used to study
What is blood vessels
200
The spread of cancer by direct extension or to distant sites
What is metastasis
300
When taking x-ray films, two views of the body part being examined are taken. These views are usually
What is at 90 degrees to one another
300
The contrast medium that is most often used for gastrointestinal studies is
What is barium
300
An intravenous pyelogram is ordered when the physician wants more information about the
What is kidneys, ureters, and bladder
300
The diagnostic procedure that uses a transducer to emit high-frequency sound waves is
What is ultrasonography
300
If cancer cells appear only at the original site and have not invaded the organ of origin, it is called
What is CIS
400
In the PA projection, the x-ray beam passes through the patient fr
What is back to front
400
The substance that prevents x-rays from traveling out from the source in all directions is
What is lead
400
In preparation for a GI series, the patient must be NPO. Which is....
What is the patient is told to have no food or liquid by mouth the night before the test
400
The radiologic technique used to produce multiple images in selected planes or slices of tissues is
What is tomography
400
Therapy using radiation placed directly on the cancer through the use of needles or beads containing radioactive gold, cobalt, or radium is
What is brachytherapy
500
Malignant tumors derived from epithelial tissue are
What is carcinomas
500
Malignant tumors derived from connective tissue are
What is sarcomas
500
The majority of malignant tumors are
What is carcinomas
500
The ____ node is the first node in which lymphatic drainage occurs in a particular area.
What is sentinel
500
The use of cancer-destroying medicine throughout the body is