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Chps. 20 & 21
radiology & pharmacology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a.c., ac | before meals (ante cibum) |
| b.i.d., bid | two times a day (bis in die) |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| HRT | hormone replacement therapy |
| IV | inravenous |
| SL | sublingual |
| SQ | subcutaneous |
| angio | angiography |
| Ba | barium |
| IVP | intravenous pyelogram |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| UGI | upper gastrointestinal |
| US, U/S | ultrasound; ultrasonography |
| V/Q scan | ventilation-perfusion scan of lungs |
| radiology | medical specialty of the study of x-rays |
| xrays | invisible waves of energy |
| nuclear medicine | radioactivity and radionuclides |
| PET | positron |
| doppler ultrasound and color flow imaging | record blood flow velocity |
| bone scan | Tc is injected intravenously and the skeleton is imaged. |
| radiolucent | substance which permits passage of x-rays |
| radiopaque | substance that absorbs x-rays |
| straight lines | allows the formation of precise shadow images on x-ray plate |
| scattering of x-rays | occurs when x-rays come into contact with any material. |
| CT (CAT) scan | Computed tomography - beaming x-rays at multiple angles |
| contrast studies |