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Radiology Terms
Medical Terminology 1- Radiology Terms/Tests
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the radiological branch of medicine used to treat cancer? | Radiation Oncology |
| What is used to highlight organs and tissues for diagnostic purposes? | Contrast Medium |
| What procedure uses a moving scanner for cross-sectional X-Ray images? | Computed Tomography (CT Scan) |
| What type of biopsy is performed with a needle through a skin incision? | Percutaneous needle biopsy |
| Means motion picture | cine- |
| Means within | endo- |
| Means sound | phono- |
| Means artery | arterio- |
| Means vessel | angio- |
| Means vein | veno- |
| Means joint | arthro- |
| Means cartilage | chondro- |
| Prefix for tumor | onco- |
| Suffix for tumor | -oma |
| Excessive body temperature; fever | hyperpyrexia |
| Determines the nature of a patient's disease through X-rays, US, radiation, nuclear medicine | Diagnostic radiology |
| Branch of radiology used for biopsies, draining fluids, inserting catheters, and dialation or stenting of vessels | Interventional |
| Used to diagnose heart disorders, anomalies, and stenosed (narrowed, occluded) vessels | Cardiac catherization |
| Abbreviation for percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography | PTC |
| Tissue sample taken via a catheter | transcatheter biopsy |
| Gastrointestinal contrast | Barium Sulfate |
| Abbreviate: magnetic resonance imaging | MRI |
| Image of blood vessel using MRI; MRA | magnetic resonance angiography |
| Barium swallow is used to see this | upper GI tract |
| Barium enema is used to see this | Lower GI tract |
| Radiograph of the duodenom | duodenography |
| Another term for ptyalography | sialography |
| means gallbladder | cholecyst |
| Examination of bile ducts using contrast medium | cholangiography |
| Examination of gallbladder using contrast medium | cholecystography |
| Visualize of blood or lymph vessels after injection of radiopaque dye | angiography |
| Radiograph of veins | venography |
| Radiograph of arteries | arteriography |
| X-ray of breasts | mammography |
| Another term for mammary galactogram | mammary ductogram |
| Means ovaries | salpingo- |
| IVP | intravenous pyelography |
| Backward fluid movement | retrograde |
| Forward fluid movement | antegrade |
| radiography of urinary tract | urography |
| Another term for urethrocystography | cystourethrography |
| Reflection of high frequency sound waves used to locate, measure, and outline deep structures | ultrasonography |
| study of intracranial structures using ultrasound | echoencephalography |
| how is prostate cancer treated | radionuclide seeds |
| Treatment of disease by inducing fever | hyperthermia |
| Assess metabolic and physiologic function | PET scan |
| Nuclear medicine scan of heart function | MUGA scan |
| diagnosis related group | DRG |
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