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Quick & Easy MT ch 4
Quick & Easy MT Ch 4 Diagnostic Procedures and Therapeutic Interventions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ech/o | sound |
| son/o | sound |
| electr/o | electricity |
| fluor/o | emitting or reflecting light |
| radi/o | radiant energy |
| tom/o | to cut |
| ultra- | excessive |
| algesi/o | sensitivity to pain |
| chem/o | chemical |
| pharmac/o | drugs or medicine |
| pharmaceut/i | drugs or medicine |
| plast/o | repair |
| therapeut/o | treatment |
| tox/o | poison |
| -therapy | treatment |
| Diagnosis | identification of a disease or condition by a scientific evaluation of physical signs, symptoms, history, tests and procedures. |
| Prognosis | the predicted outcome of a disease |
| Acute | having a short and relatively severe course |
| Chronic | the disease exists over a LONG period of time |
| Signs | Objective, evidence of an illnes or disordered function that are erceived by an examiner (fever, rash, xray, tests) |
| Symptoms | subjective evidence as perceived by the patient (pain, dizzy, nausea) |
| specimen | a small sample or part taken from the body to represent the nature of the whole |
| pulse | rhythmic expansion of an artery that occurs as the heart beats |
| respiration rate | the number of breaths per minute |
| systolic pressure | the measurement of the heart as it beats |
| diastolic pressure | the measurement of the heart at rest |
| inspection | examiner uses the eyes and ears to observe and listen to the patient |
| palpation | the examiner feels the texture, size, consistency and location of certain body parts with the hands |
| percussion | the examiner taps the body with the fingertips or fist to evaluate the size, borders and consistency of internal organs and to determine the amount of fluid in a body cavity |
| auscultation | the examiner listens for sounds within the body to evaluate the heart, blood vessels, lungs, intestines, or other organs, or to detect the fetal heart sound |
| stethoscope | instrument consisting of two earpieces connected by flexible tubing; the diaphragm is placed against the patient's skin to hear sounds within the body |
| radiograph | xray image |
| radiopaque | susbstances that do not permit the passage of xrays |
| radiolucent | substances that readily permit the passage of xrays |
| tomogram | record produced by a CT scan |
| Computed Tomography scan | - uses ionizing radiation to produce a detailed image of a cross section of tissue |
| Magnetic resonance Imaging | visualizes internal structures based on the magnetic properties of chemical elements within the body. |
| ultraonography | imaging deep structures of the body by process of sending and receiving high-frequency sound waves that are reflected back as echoes from tissue interfaces |
| fluoroscopy | method of viewing the xray image directly in real time so that motion can be seen |
| pharmaceuticals | medicinal drugs |
| radiotherapy | treatment of tumors using radioation to destroy cancer cells |
| Therapeutic | pertaining to therapy |
| blood pressure | pressure exerted by circulating volume of blood on the walls of the arteries and veins and on the chambers of the heart |
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MrsSlagter
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