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Radiology & Nuclear Medicine Chapter 20 Test

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Abduction   Movement away from the midline of the body  
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Adduction   Movement toward the midline of the body  
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Eversion   Turning outward  
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Extension   Lengthening or straightening a flexed limb  
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Flexion   Bending a part of the body  
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Inversion   Turning inward  
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Lateral decubitus   Lying on the side  
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Prone   Lying on the belly  
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Recumbent   Lying down (may be prone or supine)  
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Supine   Lying on the back (face up)  
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Posteroanterior (PA) View   In this most commonly requested chest x-ray view, x-rays travel from a posterior placed source to an anteriorly placed detector  
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Anteroposterior (AP) View   X-rays travel from an anteriorly placed source to a posteriorly placed detector  
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Lateral View   In a left lateral view, x-rays travel from a source located to the right of the patient to a detected placed to the left of the patient  
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Oblique View   X-rays travel in slanting direction at an angle from a perpendicular plane  
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Renal Scans   used to examine the kidneys & to detect any abnormalities, such as tumors or obstruction of the renal blood flow  
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Thyroid Scans   used to evaluate thyroid function  
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Bone Scans   used to evaluate any degenerative and/or arthritic changes in the joints, to detect bone diseases and tumors, and/or to determine the cause of bone pain or inflammation *inflammatory diseases, tumors, & abscesses  
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Heart Scans   used to identify abnormal blood flow to the heart, to determine the extent of the damage of the heart muscle after a heart attack, and/or to measure heart function  
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Brain Scans   used to investigate problems within the brain and/or in the blood circulation to the brain  
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Breast Scans   often used with mammograms to locate cancerous tissue in the breast  
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Radiology   is the medical specialty concerned with the study of x-rays  
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)   magnetic field & radio waves produce sagittal, coronal, & axial images of the body (uses electromagnetic energy rather than x-rays)  
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Nuclear Medicine   Medical specialty that studies the uses of radioactive substances (radionuclides) in diagnosis of disease  
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Ultrasound   Diagnostic procedure frequently used to assess fatel size & development  
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AP   anteroposterior  
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Ba   barium  
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BE   barium enema  
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CT   computed tomography  
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CXR   chest x-ray  
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DICOM   digital image communication in medicine  
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DI   diagnostic imaging  
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DSA   digital subtraction angiography  
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ECHO   echocardiography  
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EUS   endoscopic ultrasonography  
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IVP   intravenous pyelogram  
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KUB   kidneys, ureters, bladder  
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LAT   lateral  
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L-spine   lumbar spine  
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MRI   magnetic resonance imaging  
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MRA   magnetic resonance angiography  
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MRV   magnetic resonance venography  
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PA   posteroanterior  
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PACS   picture archival and communications system  
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RFA   radiofrequency ablation  
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