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SPELLING AND TERMINOLOGY

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