HTHS 1101 Module 2

Nucleus

Nucle/o

Chondr/o

Pertaining to the Cartilage

Inguin/o

Pertaining to the Groin

Cephal/o

Pertaining to the Head

Lumb/o

Pertaining to the Lower Back

Cervic/o

Pertaining to the Neck or Uterine Cervix

Pelv/o

Pertaining to the Pelvis

Crani/o

Pertaining to the Skull

Spin/o

Pertaining to the Spine

Gastr/o

Pertaining to the Stomach

Thorac/o

Pertaining to the Thorax or Chest Cavity

Umbilic/o

Pertaining to the Umbilicus, Belly Button

Abdomin/o

Pertaining to the abdominal

ili/o

Pertaining to the ilium (the uppermost and largest bone of the pelvis)

PET

Positron Emission Tomography (abbreviation)

PA

Posteroanterior (abbreviation)

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Radiography

Production of captured shadow images on photographic film through the action of ionizing radiation passing through the body from an external source.

Inflammation

Protective response of body tissues to infection or allergy. Signs include redness, swelling, heat and pain.

Fluoroscopy

Radiographic procedure that uses a fluorescent screen instead of a photographic plate.

Computed Tomography Scan or CT Scan

Radiographic technique that uses a narrow beam of x-rays, rotating in a full arc around the patient to image the body in cross sectional slices.

Positron Emission Tomography or PET

Radiographic technique which combines computed tomography and the use of radiopharmaceuticals (radioactively labeled drugs).

Magnetic Resonance Imaging or MRI

Radiographic techniques that use electromagnetic energy to produce cross-sectional images of the body at many planes.

RLQ

Right Lower Quadrant (abbreviation)

RUQ

Right Upper Quadrant (abbreviation)

SPECT

Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (abbreviation)

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Scan

Technique for carefully studying an area, organ or system by recording and displaying multiple images of the area.

Anastomosis

The connection between two blood vessels or surgical joining of two ducts, vessels or bowel segments.

Cauterize

The process of burning tissue by thermal heat, electricity, laser, or dry ice.

Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography

Type of nuclear imaging study to scan organs after an injection of a radioactive tracer.

US

Ultrasound, Ultrasonography (abbreviation)

U&L, U/L

Upper and Lower (abbreviation)

Abd

Abdomen (abbreviation)

Ant

Anterior (abbreviation)

AP

Anteroposterior (abbreviation)

Tomography

Any technique that produces a film representing a detailed cross section of tissue structure at a predetermined depth.

Adhesion

Band of scar tissue binding surfaces that are normally separate from each other.

BX, bx

Biopsy (abbreviation)

CXR

Chest X-ray (abbreviation)

CT Scan or CAT Scan

Computerized Tomography Scan (abbreviation)

Cell

Cyt/o

Nuclear Scan

Diagnostic technique that produces an image by recording the concentration of a radiopharmaceutical called a radionuclide which is detected by a scanning device.

Frontal (coronal) Plane

Divides body into front and back.

Horizontal (Transverse) Plane

Divides the body into cross sections (at any level).

Sagittal Plane

Divides the body into two equal, mirror-image halves.

Radiopharmaceutical

Drug that contains a radioactive substance that travels to an area or a specific organ that will be scanned.

Tissue

Hist/o

Ultrasonography

Imaging technique that uses high-frequency sound waves, ultrasound, that bounce off body tissues and are recorded to produce an image of an organ or tissue.

Sepsis

Inflammatory response to infection characterized by fever, elevated heart and respiratory rate and low blood pressure. Example: septicemia

LAT or Lat

Lateral (abbreviation)

LLQ

Left Lower Quadrant (abbreviation)

LUQ

Left Upper Quadrant (abbreviation)

MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (abbreviation)