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Radiology
Chapter 14 Vocab Part 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abrasion | Scraping wounds to the skin |
| Acute | Having a short and relatively severe course. Conditions are characterized by a sudden onset. |
| Anatomic Postion | The position in which the patient is standing erect, with the face directed forward, arms extended by the sides with the palms facing forward, and the toes pointing anteriorly. |
| Anomaly | Congenital conditions that cause abnormal variations in the shape or form of a body part. Example: extra ribs, extra toes, extra spinal vertebrae, etc. |
| Articulation | The places where bones are joined together; also known as joints. |
| Atrophy | A wasting away; a reduction in size of a tissue, organ, or part. |
| Benign | Not malignant; not recurrent; favorable for recovery. |
| Cartilage | A tough, fibrous connective tissue that is both stiff and flexible. |
| Central Nervous System (CNS) | The brain and the spinal cord. |
| Chronic | Conditions of long duration. |
| Congenital | Referring to conditions that are present at birth. |
| Contusion | A bruise; an injury of a part without a break in the skin. |
| Degeneration | Deterioration or impairment of an organ or body part. |
| Diagnosis | The process of identifying a disease. |
| Dislocation | The movement of a bone from its normal location within a joint. |
| Edema | The accumulation of excessive fluid in the subcutaneous tissue. |
| Fracture | A bone injury in which the tissue of the bone is broken; May be classified as simple or compound. |
| Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract | A hollow tube that is open at both ends, also called the alimentary canal; the primary organs of the digestive system, which make up the path for food from the time it enters the mouth until it is excreted as waste. |
| Hormone | Special chemicals that are secreted by glands in the endocrine system. These chemicals provide slower, longer-lasting control of body function than the rapid electric impulses of the nervous system. |
| Iatrogenic | Diseases that occur as the result of treatment by health professionals. |
| Idiopathic | A term used to refer to a disease of which the cause is unknown. |
| Infection | Exogenous diseases caused by microbiologic agents; can occur in almost any part of the body but are most likely to affect structures that are in some way in contact with the outside world. |
| Inflammation | The intial part of the cellular injury healing process, characterized by swelling, reddening, heat at the site, and pain. |
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