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Introduction To Radiology Vocab

Subject : health-sciences
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Sacules where gases are exhanged during respiration






2. Hormone secreted into the blood by the mucosa of the upper small intestine which stimulates gall bladder contraction and secretion of the pancreas






3. Part away from the head of the body - more generally - below some reference point






4. Point where the upper and lower eyelids meet






5. To move a part away from the central axis of the body






6. Area where the primary bronchi enter the lungs






7. Inflammation of the bladder






8. An active purgative - producing bowel movements






9. External protuberance on the occipital bone






10. Smaller subdivision of the bronchiole tubes






11. Any substance used to make an emulsion ( a mixture of two liquids that are not easily solvable )






12. Having a short - broad head






13. Process that extends anteriorly from the superior part of the ulna






14. A branch of a respiratory bronchiole that leads to the alveoli of the lungs






15. Coughing of blood from the respiratory system






16. Method used to achieve and maintain a sterile field to minimize the transmission of infectious diseases






17. Imperfect or painful digestion






18. To straighten a joint - increasing the angle between adjacent bones






19. Plane that passes vertically through the body from left to right - dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions






20. Excision of the posterior arch of a vertebra






21. Air hunger resulting in labored or difficult breathing - sometimes accompanied by pain






22. Pertaining to the arteries and veins






23. Digestive juice secreted by the liver which aids in fat digestion






24. Large opening in the inferior portion of the occipital bone through which the spinal cord enters the cranial cavity






25. A modification of the more extreme asthenic type - constituting about 35% of the population






26. The long - narrow depression of pocket on the concave curve of the kidneys






27. Involuntary release of urine - caused by loss of voluntary control over the external sphincter






28. Nitrogen in the blood in the form of urea






29. A swelling or a mass of blood - usually clotted - confined to a organ - tissue - or space. It's caused by a break in a blood vessel






30. Sitting or standing in an upright position






31. Surgical procedures pertaining to the heart and major great vessels






32. Line drawn between the pupils - used to adjust the position of the cranium






33. Presence of blood in the pleural/thorax cavity






34. Bones of the wrist - 8 carpals total






35. Widening or sac formed by dilation of a blood vessel






36. Having a skull with a long anterioposterior diameter






37. Lower - outer corner of the lung where the aphragm meets the chest wall






38. C2 cervical vertebra - easily distinguished by its long body that extends superiorly






39. A protrusion of intestine through the abdominal wall






40. Wrist






41. Folds in the wall of the large intestine






42. A groove or natural division






43. The area of the duodenum just beyond the pylorus of the stomach






44. Study of the intervertebral disk spaces following the injection of a radiopaque medium






45. State of equilibrium of the internal environment of the body that is mantained by dynamic processes of feedback and regulation






46. An area of the wrist - formed when the wrist is hyperextended - formed by the anterior aspects of the distal rows of carpals - forming a shallow concavity






47. Juncture where the esophogas enters the stomach






48. Air cells of the lungs






49. To bend a joint - decreasing the angle between adjacent bones






50. One of the cavities of the body - divided into abdominal and pelvic portions - most of the digestive organs are found within this cavity