Medical Terminology Chapter 20
The suffix that means record:
-gram
The suffix that means process of recording:
-graphy
The suffix that means obscure:
-opaque
A diagnostic x-ray procedure in which a series of cross-sectional images is produced:
CT Scan
The prefix that means a repeated sound:
Echo-
A magnetic field and radio waves are used to form images in three planes of the body in which of the following procedures?
MRI
Procedure in which a radiopharmaceutical is inhaled and injected intravenously followed by imaging its passage through the respiratory tract:
ventilation-perfusion studies
A combining form that means glass:
vitr/o
The combining form that means same:
is/o
The medical specialty that studies the uses of radioactive substances in diagnosis and treatment of disease:
nuclear medicine
The combining form that means drug:
pharmaceut/o
The combining form that means x-rays:
radi/o
A test that combines radioactive chemicals and antibodies to detect minute quantities of substances in a patient's blood:
radioimmunoassay
Radioactive form of an element that gives off energy in the form of radiation:
radionuclide
Radioactive drug that is administered safely for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes:
radiopharmaceutical
The combining form that means sound:
son/o
A combining form that means treatment:
therapeut/o
In which procedure is a transducer used?
ultrasound
A procedure in which a radioactive tracer is injected intravenously and a computer reconstructs a 3D image based on a composite of many views:
SPECT
The use of x-rays and a fluorescent screen to produce real-time video images:
fluoroscopy