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Introduction To Radiology Vocab

Subject : health-sciences
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1. A rounded prominence found at the point of articulation of another bone






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






3. Bony spur of cartilage in the trachea






4. Manipulating a fracture without an incision






5. Specialized flap of skin that covers the trachea so food can pass into the esophagus and not enter the respiratory system






6. 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






7. Smaller subdivision of the bronchiole tubes






8. Inflammation of the bladder






9. Varicose veins in the rectum or anus






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






11. Instrument powered by electrical current that incises and coagulates






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






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






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






15. The yellowing of all body tissues - caused by the backing up of bilirubin into intestinal fluids when it is unable to be removed from the blood






16. Sacules where gases are exhanged during respiration






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






18. Blood in the urine






19. A freely movable joint






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






21. Hematoma above the dura mater






22. Chronic dilatation of the bronchus or bronchi - with associated infection in the lower lobes of the lung






23. Stretching the esophagus beyond the normal dimensions






24. 10 inch tube that contains the first part of the small intestine and connects the plorus of the stomach to the jejunum






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






26. 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






27. Abnormal tubelike pasage from a normal cavity or tube to a free surface or to another cavity; may be due to congenital incomplete closure of the parts or ay result from abscesses - injuries - or inflammatory processes






28. Away from the origin of a part opposite of proximal






29. Large body type - constituting about 5% of the population






30. The general shape and form of the human body






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






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






33. A carbohydrate (sugar) of the body important for metabolism - a source of energy for the body






34. Absence of urine formation






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






36. Air cells of the lungs






37. 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






38. Second stage of perioperative radiology; these are radiographic procedures - either conventional or flurososcopic - performed during surgery under aspetic technique






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






40. Notch located between the condyles






41. Classified as hinge type joints - they are found between middle and distal phalanges and between proximal and middle phalanges






42. Small body type - comprising about 10% of the population






43. Nitrogen in the blood in the form of urea






44. The forward or front part of the body or body part






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






46. 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






47. 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






48. A transverse fracture of the distal radius

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49. The collarbone






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