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S/T 1-4
SPELLING AND TERMINOLOGY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| computed tomography | A procedure where a cross section image of a specific body segment is produced |
| contrast techniques | Materials (contrast media) are injected to obtain contrast with surrounding tissue when shown on x-ray film |
| irradiation | Administering radiation treatment to a patient |
| lethal | Ability to kill |
| nuclear magnetic resonance | A magnetic field and radio waves are used to form images of the body |
| nuclear medicine | Medical specialty that studies the uses of radioactive substances in diagnosis and treatment of disease |
| rad | A unit of absorbed radiation in the body |
| radioisotpe | A radioactive form of a substance |
| radiolucent | Permitting passage of most x-rays (lungs) |
| radiopaque | Obstructing the passage of x-rays (bones) |
| radium | A radioactive substance used in radiation therapy |
| scan | A general term for images of organs, parts, or transverse sections of the body produced in various ways |
| tomography | Diagnostic technique in which a series of pictures are taken at differnt depths of an organ |
| ultrasonography | Diagnostic technique using high-frequency sound waves as they echo off parts of the body |
| adenoids | Collections of lymph tissue in the nasopharynx |
| alveolus | Air sac in the lung |
| asthma | Bronchial airway obstuction due to narrowing of the bronchi |
| bronchioles | Smallest branches of the bronchi |
| bronchus | Branch of the trachea (windpipe) that acts as a passageway into the air spaces of the lung |
| cilia | Thin hairs attached to the mucous membrane epithelium lining the respiratory tract |
| diaphragm | Main muscle of respiration |
| epiglottis | Piece of cartilage that covers the larynx that prevents food from entering the trachea |
| epistaxis | nosebleed |
| external respiration | Exchange of air between the lungs and the external environment |
| internal respiration | Exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen |
| larynx | voice box |
| pneumonia | Acute inflammation and infection of the alveoli which fills with pus |
| rales | Abnormal crackling sounds heard during inspiration |
| rhonchi | Abnormal, continuous, musical sounds heard during expiration |
| sputum | Material expelled from the chest by coughing or clearing the throat |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| pneum/o | lung, air |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| thorac/o | chest |
| spir/o | to breathe |
| nas/o | nose |
| rhin/o | nose |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| laryng/o | voice box, larynx |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| radi/o | rays, radioactivity |
| tele/o | distant |
| is/o | same, equal |
| ech/o | sound |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -pnea | breathing |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| URI | upper respiratory infection |
| SOB | shortness of breath |
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nyrican
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