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Introduction To Radiology Vocab

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Movement of the foot when the ankle is turned out






2. Sacules where gases are exhanged during respiration






3. Removal of fluid or cells from a mass or thickened by means of a hypodermic syringe; withdrawal of fluid for therapeutic reasons or for testing






4. Inflammation of the bladder






5. Smaller subdivision of the bronchiole tubes






6. Varicose veins in the rectum or anus






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






8. A combo of kyphosis and scoliosis of the thoracic vertebra






9. Excision of the posterior arch of a vertebra






10. Pertaining to the arteries and veins






11. Inflammation of the colon






12. Excision of an intervertebral disk






13. A gland that secretes its chemical substances through a duct. The pancreas is also considered an exocrine gland by the virtue of the presence of the pancreatic duct






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






15. Having a skull with a long anterioposterior diameter






16. Formation of a permanent colonic fistula






17. Point where the upper lip joins the cease of the nose






18. Musclular sphincter that guards the opening of the ileum into the cecum and prevents digested material from reentering the small intestine






19. The bumps/eminence at the articular end of a bone above the condyle - roughened areas of the bone superior to the condyle






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






21. A disorder that occurs when the stomach pushes through the diaphragm






22. Folds in the wall of the large intestine






23. Inflammation of the diverticulum (pouches in the walls) - especially in the colon that are causing pain and stagnation of feces






24. Chronic - organic - mental disorder; a form of presenile dementia due to atrophy of frontal and occipital lobes






25. 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






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






27. 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






28. A protrusion of intestine through the abdominal wall






29. Line drawn between the juction of upper lip/nose and the external auditory meatus - used to adjust the position of the cranium






30. A rounded prominence found at the point of articulation of another bone






31. Away from median plane of the body or away from the middle part to right or left; position named by the side of the patient that is placed closest to the image receptor






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






33. Line drawn between the infraorbital margin and the external auditory meatus - used to adjust the position of the cranium






34. Food that is chemically and mechanically prepared for digestion by the stomach; mixture of partly digested food and digestive secretions found in the stomach and small intestine during digestion of a meal






35. The collarbone






36. Bony spur of cartilage in the trachea






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






38. Smooth - flat surface just above the midpoint of the eyebrows






39. Effect produced on tissues by the application of a bipolar current delivered by needlepoint






40. Position in which the patient is recumbent while a radiograph is taken with a horizontal beam. the position is named by the side that is dependent






41. A partially moveable joint in hich two bones are connected by ligaments






42. Pathological secretions






43. Area of medicine pertaining to the female genital tract






44. Stretching the esophagus beyond the normal dimensions






45. A chronic disease involving the destruction and loss of elasticity of the walls of the alveoli - causing enlargement of the alveolar sacs and interference with an exchange in oxygen






46. The slipping of one part of the intestine into another part just below it






47. Line drawn between the glabella and the external auditory meatus - used to adjust the position of the cranium






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






49. Point where the upper and lower eyelids meet






50. Relates to the opposite side of the body or part