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Chapter 20- Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

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The medical specialty concerned with the study of x-rays is called ____________________.   show
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show nuclear medicine  
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show radiolucent  
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show radiopaque  
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An _________________ is the x-ray image of blood vessels and heart chambers obtained after contrast is injected through a catheter into the appropriate blood vessel of heart chamber.   show
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show arthrography  
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The x-ray image of contrast-injected blood vessels produced by taking two x-ray pictures and using a computer to subtract obscuring shadows from the second image is called __________________________.   show
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show fluoroscopy  
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The use of high-frequency inaudible sound waves that bounce off the body tissues is called _____________________.   show
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When x-rays travel from a posteriorly placed source to an anteriorly placed detector it is called a ________________________.   show
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When x-rays travel in a slanting direction at an angle from the perpendicular plane the technologist is taking an _________________.   show
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show abduction  
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Movement toward the midline of the body.   show
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show eversion  
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Lengthening or straightening a flexed limb.   show
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show flexion  
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show inversion  
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lying down on the side with the x-ray beam horizontally positioned   show
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lying on the belly   show
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show supine  
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show in vitro and in vivo  
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This radionuclide technique produces images of the distribution of radioactivity through the emission of positrons in a region of the body.   show
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show SPECT scan  
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show thallium scan  
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show computed tomography  
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show magnetic resonance imaging  
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Angio   show
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AP   show
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show computed tomography  
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show chest x-ray (film)  
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Decub   show
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DI   show
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show digital substraction angiography  
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show gadolinium  
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show intravenous pyelogram  
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show kidneys, ureters and bladder  
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show lateral  
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show lumbar spine film  
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show magnetic resonance imaging  
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show magnetic resonance angiography  
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PA   show
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PET   show
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RFA   show
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show small bowel follow through  
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show single photon emission computed tomography  
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show upper gastrointestinal (series)  
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show ultrasound, ultrasonography  
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V/Q scan   show
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