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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


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