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Test Chapter 19/20
Language of Medicine
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which term includes sessile and pedunculated types of growths? | Polypoid |
| What does staging a tumore mean? | Assessing the extent of tumor spread |
| What is the definition of mutation? | Inheritable change in a cell/change in the genetic material of a cell |
| Which is an example of genetic material that causes cancer? | Oncogens |
| Which is a description of exenteration? | Wide resection of a tumor and removal of surrounding tissues |
| Which is a description of pharmacokinetics? | Study of the distribution and removal of the drugs in the body |
| What term means assisting or aiding? | Adjuvant |
| Which term is used in treatment of tumors with radiation? | Linear accelerator |
| Which is a description of an estrogen receptor assay? | Tests the concentration of hormone receptor sites in cells of breast cancer patients |
| Which best describes a wide surgical incision of the abdomen to detect disease | Staging laparotomy |
| Which term means cancerous tumor derived from bone? | Osteogenic sarcoma |
| A side effect of radiation therapy (redness of skin)? | Erythema |
| A side effect of chemotherapy or radiotherapy (hair loss): | Alopecia |
| Inflammation of the inner lining of an organ: | Mucositis |
| What does a radiologist do? | specializes in diagnostic techniques such as a ultrasound, MRI, and CT scans |
| X-ray of the renal pelvis and urinary tract after injecting dye into a vein: | IVP |
| Myelogram: | x-ray of the spinal cord |
| Which is an s-ray of a joint? | arthrogram |
| Which term describes an x-ray test to show an organ in depth? | tomography |
| In which test is a radiopharmaceutical injected intravenously and traced within the vessels of the lung? | perfusion study of the lung |
| What is an in vivo test? | experiments are performed in a living organism |
| PACS is a: | system to replace traditional films with digital equivalents |
| FDG is a: | radiopharmaceutical used in a PET scan |
| DICOM is a: | protocol for transmission between imaging devices |
| Radiopaque substances are given and x-rays are taken | contrast studies |
| Use of motion picture techniques to record x-ray images | cineradiography |
| Echoes of high-frequecy sound waves are used to diagnose disease | ultrasonography |
| X-ray beams are focused from the body onto an image intensifier that glows as a result of the ionizing effect of x-rays | fluroscopy |
| a magnetic fielf and radio waves are used to form images of the body | magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) |
| X-ray pictures are taken circularly around an area of the body and a computer synthesizes the information into a composite axial picture | computed tomography (CT) |
| Therapeutic procedures are performed by a radiologist under the guidance of fluoroscopy or ultrasound | intervental radiology |
| x-ray of joints | arthrography |
| x-ray of spinal cord | myelography |
| x-ray of uterus and falllopian tubes | hysterosalpingography |
| x-ray of blood vessels | angiography |
| x-ray of esophagus, stomach, and small intestine | upper GI series |
| x-ray of lower gastrointestinal tach | barium enema |
| x-ray of renal pelvis and urinary tract | pyelography |
| x-ray of bile vessels (ducts) | cholangiography |
| radioactive drug (radionuclide plus chemical) that is administered for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes | radiopharmaceutical |
| small nipple-like projections: | papillary |
| abnormal formation of cells | dysplastic |
| a physician who specializes in diagnostic radiology | radiologist |
| study of the uses of radioactive substances in the diagnosis of disease: | nuclear medicine |
| removal of tumor and a margin of normal tissue for diagnosis and possible cure of small tumors | excisional biopsy |
| burning a lesion to destroy tumor cells | cauterization |
| wide resection involving removal of tumor, its organ of origin, and surrounding tissue in the body space | exenteration |
| destruction of tissue by electric sparks generated by high-frequency current | fulguration |
| removal of entire tumor and regional lymph nodes | en bloc resection |
| freezing a lesion to kill tumor cells | cryosurgery |
| cutting into a tumor and removing a piece to establish a diagnosis | incisional biopsy |
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