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