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MT BINGO Ch 4
Quick and Easy MT 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| algesi/o | sensitivity to pain |
| ultra- | excessive |
| tom/o | to cut |
| therapeut/o | treatment |
| ech/o | sound |
| pharmaceut/i | drugs or medicine |
| pulse | the rhythmic expansion of an artery that occurs as the heart beats |
| percussion | tapping the body with the fingertips or fist to evaluate internal organs and to evaluate fluid in a body cavity |
| respiration rate | number of breaths per minute |
| ascultation | listening for sounds within the body to evaluate organs or detect the fetal heart rate |
| sign | objective evidence of disease |
| acute | having a short and relatively severe illness |
| specimen | small sample or part taken from the body to represent the nature of the whole |
| rash | sign |
| palpation | feeling the texture, size, consistency and location of certain body parts with the hands |
| symptom | subjective evidence as perceived by the patient |
| thermometer | an instrument used to measure temperature |
| blood pressure | pressure exerted by the circualting blood on the walls of arteries and veins and on the chambers of the heart |
| stethoscope | an instrument consisting of two earpieces connected by means of flexible tubing that is used to hear sounds within the body |
| computed tomography | a diagnostic imaging modality that produces a detailed image of a cross section of tissue similar to what one would see if the body or body part were cut into sections |
| fluoroscopy | a method of viewing the x-ray image directly in real time |
| therapeutic | pertaining to treatment |
| analgesic | drug that relieves pain |
| chemotherapy | treatment of disease by chemical agents |
| magnetic resonance imaging | a noninvasive technique for visualizing internal structures that creates images based on the magnetic properties of chemical elements within the body |
| radiolucent | substances that readily permit the passage of x-rays |
| diastolic | the lower reading when measuring the blood pressure |
| narcotics | substances that produce insensibility or stupor |
| fluoroscope | an instrument that projects an x-ray image on a screen during fluoroscopy |
| radiology | branch of medicine that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases with x-rays and radioactive substances |
| radiopaque | substances that do not permit the passage of x-rays |
| systolic pressure | the higher reading in measuring a blood pressure |
| chronic | an adjective that describes a disease showing little change or slow progression |
| symptom | pain |
Created by:
MrsSlagter
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