Diag Equip Inst
A pathologist noted that a skin biopsy speciment exhibited "hyperplasia" means
An increase in cell number
A trephine is used to remove___.
Bone
What is a noninvasive roentgenography diagnostic technique.
CAT scan
Electro Shock Therapy is also known as:
Electriconvulsive Therapy
What is used to treat brain cancer by directing radiation at precise brain locations.
Gamma Knife
The abbreviation "ICU" refers to a(n):
Intensive Care Unit
What produces a radio frequency radiation pulse image of soft and hard tissue in multiple planes.
MRI
Which of these conditions would be treated with Phakic IOLs?
Myopia
Which of these was the first 3D-printed drug approved by the FDA?
Spritam
The procedure of using an instrument that produces high frequency sound waves to produce an image of the size or shape of a body part is called:
Ultra/sono/graph/y
The term "Cryo/surg/er/y" literally means:
a procedure of one who works by hand with cold
The term "mammogram" means:
a recording of the breast
A "Defibrillator" is used to correct ________:
abnormal heart rhythms
The term coronal plane divides the body into the
anterior and posterior portions
Ultrasonography means
beyond normal ranges/sound
A "PET Scan" is used to detect glucose or energy use levels of the ________:
brain
A electroencephalogram is used to record information about _____ electrical activity.
brain
A patient having an electroencephalogram is having a recording made of the electrical activity in their
brain
The directional term that means "toward the lower end of the body" is:
caudal
The term that describes movement toward the top of the body is:
cephalic
Lithotripsy is a procedure for crushing ________:
crushing calculi
"X-rays" produce pictures of what type of body tissue and bones:
dense
The directional term for movement toward the back of the body is:
dorsal
An "Otoscope" is used to view the:
ear
The movement in which a limb is placed in a straight position is called:
extension
A "Tonometer" measures pressure within the ________:
eye
A "Pacemaker" can be external or internal and usually generates electrical stimuli to the heart muscle with ________:
fixed and/or alternate impulses
A PET scan is used to detect
glucose metabolism
A "EKG or ECG" is used to record information about _____ electrical activity.
heart
A "Thallium - Hot Spot Test" is used to detect _____ damage:
heart
If an electrocardiogram shows that a patient has "tachycardia" it means that the patient's:
heart rater is elevated
The term "Ophthalmo/scop/e" means:
instrument to examine the eye
The term "Bronchoscope" literally means:
instrument to view trachea-like structures
Sally has a pyelogram performed today to help diagnose her
kidney infection
The "Pyelogram" records information about the _____:
kidney pelvis
The "KUB" examination looks for defects in the:
kidney, ureter, and bladder
"Fluoroscopy" is used to record ________:
moving body parts
Laser assisted surgery "LASIK" is used to correct:
myopia (and hyperopia)
What cellular organelle contains chromosomes and has the literal meaning "nut"?
nucleus
A lumbar puncture is used to
obtain spinal fluid samples
The term "Nebuliz/er" means:
one who causes a mist
A body part which is formed of two or more types of body tissue and performs one or more specific functions is called a(n) ________:
organ
The term "Tympanostomy" literally means:
procedure of cutting and making a mouth-like opening in the ear drum
he term "Auscult/ation" literally means:
process or procedure for listening
The term "Percuss/ion" literally means:
process or procedure of striking
The term that describes the direction closest to the point of origin is:
proximal
"Angiograms" are used for ________:
recording pictures of blood vessels
The term "ocular" literally means:
refers to the eye
The term for the plane that divides the body into right and left halves is the
sagittal
An electromyogram is used to record information about _____ electrical activity.
skeletal muscle
A plantar wart is located on the:
sole of the foot
A "Myelogram" is used to record _______ information:
spinal cord/nerve tissue
The etiologic agent of syphilis is a
spirochete
Which of these was the first 3D-printed drug approved by the FDA?
spritam
A medical student class learned about auscultation today. In order to perform this procedure, they used
stethoscope
A patient who has a "cholecystolithotripsy" performed is having what process performed to their gall bladder?
stone crushed
If one is flat on their back and face up, they are in a _____ position.
supine
The term "Biopsy" literally means:
the procedure of viewing life
The combining form hist/o- means:
tissue or web-like
The term "Phlebotomy" means:
to cut into a vein
The term "Catheter" literally means
to let down, into
The term "Sphygmo/mano/meter" literally means:
to measure the pulse by hand
The directional term 'lateral' describes movement in which direction:
to the side
The directional term 'inferior' describes movement:
toward the lower end of the body
Dr. X has put her patient in the "prone" position. This means that the patient is:
turned down
The term that describes movement toward the front of the body is:
ventral
Cryosurgery is used to treat ________:
verrucae
Biopsy literally means __________ / "Procedure of"
view of life
The term "Intramuscular Injection-IM" literally means:
within a muscle
The term "Intravenous Injection -IV" means:
within a vein