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Introduction To Radiology Vocab

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Sacules where gases are exhanged during respiration






2. The socket that receives the head of the humerus below the acromion at the juntion of the superior and axillary borders of the scapula






3. Manipulating a fracture without an incision






4. A freely movable joint






5. Area of medicine pertaining to the female genital tract






6. The duodenal end of the drainage sstems of the pancreatic and common bile ducts






7. 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






8. Abnormal accentation of the convex curvature of the spine or thoracic vertebra






9. 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






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






11. 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






12. Excision of an intervertebral disk






13. 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






14. Supine or lying on the back






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






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






17. A transverse fracture of the distal radius

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18. Pertaining to the ribs and a vertebra






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






20. Twisted - enlarged veins found around the base of the esophagus and often caused by portal hypertension






21. Muscular tube - approx 10 inch long - extends from the pharynx to the entrance of the stomach; food passageway






22. C1 cervical vertebra - circular in shape - most atypical vertebra in the body






23. 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






24. Extreme extension of a joint






25. Opening of the external ear canal






26. Beaklike projection on the anterior order of the scapula






27. The general shape and form of the human body






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






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






30. A protrusion of intestine through the abdominal wall






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






32. The storage form of glucose. Glycogen is stored within the liver and is converted to glucose as necessary






33. Smaller subdivision of the bronchiole tubes






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






35. 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






36. Hematoma above the dura mater






37. Having a skull with a long anterioposterior diameter






38. Juncture where the esophogas enters the stomach






39. The round cavity on the external surface of the illium/ischium bone that receives the head of the femor






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






41. The lateral triangular projection of the spine of the scapula that forms the point of the shoulder and articulates with the clavicle; the acromion process lies on the superior aspect of the scapula - projecting posteriorly and superiorly






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






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






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






45. Position in which the central ray is angled along the longitudinal axis of the body






46. A depression lying below the spine of the scapula






47. Sitting or standing in an upright position






48. One of two internal regions of the kidney - composed of a perpheral ring or parenchymal tissue






49. Excision of the posterior arch of a vertebra






50. Wrist