Chapter 21- Radiology and Nuclear
Medicine Questions and Answers
Graded A+
radiologist - answer physician with specialized training in obtaining and interpreting
medical images
radiologist - answer physician with specialized training in obtaining and interpreting
medical images
Radiographers, radiologic techs/assistants - answer provide radiologists with images
they need to diagnose and treat medical conditions
sonographers - answer operate ultrasound imaging devices to produce diagnostic
images
nuclear medicine specialists - answer radiologists who have specialized training in
the use of radiopharmaceuticals for the purpose of diagnosis, treatment and research
nuclear medicine technologist - answer administer radiopharmaceuticals to patients
and operate cameras to detect and map radioactive drug in the patients body to create
diagnostic images
radiotherapists - answer physicians who specialize in the treatment of disease using
x-rays and radioactive materials
craniocaudal - answer a view of a structure from head to foot
crani/o
caud
al - answer -skull
-tail
-pertaining to
electromagnetic - answer pertaining to energy propagated through matter and space
electr/o
magnet
ic - answer -electricity
-magnet
-pertaining to
, ion - answer an atom or group of atoms having gained or lost one or more electrons
ion (Greek) - answer going
ionazation - answer the process of causing an atom or group of atoms to gain or lose
electrons
radioactive - answer Spontaneously emits radiation; alpha, beta, or gamma
radiology - answer study of x-rays; medical imagin
radiolucent - answer penetrable by x-rays or other forms of radiation
radi/o
lucent - answer -radiation
-open
radiopaque - answer impenetrable by x-rays or other forms of radiation
radio
paque - answer -radiation
-shady
radiopharmaceutical - answer relating to a product produced by the drug industry
that is radioactive
radiotherapist - answer specialist in the use of radiation in the treatment of patients
craniocaudal (abrv) - answer CC
Full field digital mammography - answer mammography that is faster and displays
images on a computer screen - FFDM
mediolateral - answer pertaining to the middle and side of a structure - MLO
velocity, wavelength, invisibility, ionization - answer characteristics of an x-ray
angioplasty - answer surgical repair of a blood vessel
angio
plasty - answer -blood vessel
-surgical repair
anteroposterior - answer direction the x-ray beam passes through a patient;
pertaining to the front and to the back
Medicine Questions and Answers
Graded A+
radiologist - answer physician with specialized training in obtaining and interpreting
medical images
radiologist - answer physician with specialized training in obtaining and interpreting
medical images
Radiographers, radiologic techs/assistants - answer provide radiologists with images
they need to diagnose and treat medical conditions
sonographers - answer operate ultrasound imaging devices to produce diagnostic
images
nuclear medicine specialists - answer radiologists who have specialized training in
the use of radiopharmaceuticals for the purpose of diagnosis, treatment and research
nuclear medicine technologist - answer administer radiopharmaceuticals to patients
and operate cameras to detect and map radioactive drug in the patients body to create
diagnostic images
radiotherapists - answer physicians who specialize in the treatment of disease using
x-rays and radioactive materials
craniocaudal - answer a view of a structure from head to foot
crani/o
caud
al - answer -skull
-tail
-pertaining to
electromagnetic - answer pertaining to energy propagated through matter and space
electr/o
magnet
ic - answer -electricity
-magnet
-pertaining to
, ion - answer an atom or group of atoms having gained or lost one or more electrons
ion (Greek) - answer going
ionazation - answer the process of causing an atom or group of atoms to gain or lose
electrons
radioactive - answer Spontaneously emits radiation; alpha, beta, or gamma
radiology - answer study of x-rays; medical imagin
radiolucent - answer penetrable by x-rays or other forms of radiation
radi/o
lucent - answer -radiation
-open
radiopaque - answer impenetrable by x-rays or other forms of radiation
radio
paque - answer -radiation
-shady
radiopharmaceutical - answer relating to a product produced by the drug industry
that is radioactive
radiotherapist - answer specialist in the use of radiation in the treatment of patients
craniocaudal (abrv) - answer CC
Full field digital mammography - answer mammography that is faster and displays
images on a computer screen - FFDM
mediolateral - answer pertaining to the middle and side of a structure - MLO
velocity, wavelength, invisibility, ionization - answer characteristics of an x-ray
angioplasty - answer surgical repair of a blood vessel
angio
plasty - answer -blood vessel
-surgical repair
anteroposterior - answer direction the x-ray beam passes through a patient;
pertaining to the front and to the back
