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Flashcards by christy henry, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by christy henry
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| Question | Answer |
| Examination by tapping the surface to determine density of a body area is called | Percussion |
| The percentage of RBCs in blood is called | Hematocrit, PCV, Crit |
| A machine that spins samples very rapidly to separate elements based on weight is a | Centrifuge |
| The quality of appearing white or light ray on a radiograph is called | Radiopaque |
| The determination of the cause of disease is the | Diagnosis |
| A set of signs that occur together is called a/an | Syndrome |
| The medical term for sphere is | Coccus |
| The term for relief of condition but not a cure is | Palliative |
| Pertaining to fever | Febrile |
| A disease that can be transmitted between animals and humans is said to be | Zoonotic |
| What is the term for the ultrasound property of producing adequate levels of reflections (echoes) when sound waves are returned to the transducer and displayed | Echoic |
| The acronym used to describe a unit by which absorption of ionizing radiation is measured | Rad |
| Surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic procedures or to remove liquid or gas is known as | Centesis |
| Examination by feeling is | Palpation |
| Clumping of cells is known as | Agglutination |
| The medical term for prevention | Prophylaxis |
| The term for having a short course is | Acute |
| The study of disease causes is | Etiology |
| An outbreak that occurs sporadically in animals is called | Epizootic |
| The “M in MRI Stands for | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| The “K” in kVp stands for | Kilovoltage Peak |
| Coccus is to cocci as bacillus is to | Bacilli |
| Listening to body sounds, which usually involves the use of a stethoscope | Auscultation |
| Appearing black or dark gray on a radiograph | Radiolucent |
| Is the prediction of the outcome of disease | Prognosis |
| Is a characteristic of disease that can be sensed only by the patient | Symptom |
| Is the ongoing presence of disease in a group | Endemic |
| Are spiral shaped bacteria that are tightly coiled | Spirochete |
| Disorder caused by physicians or veterinarians | Iatrogenic disease |
| Sharp, needle-like instrument that has a tube that is used to puncture the wall of a body cavity and withdraw fluid or gas | Trocar |
| The international unit of radiation | Roentgen |
| Intensity of an ultra sound wave | Amplitude |
| Ultrasonic term for when waves are transmitted to deeper tissue and none are reflected back | Anechoic |
| Loss of intensity of the ultrasound beam as it travels through tissue | Attenuation |
| Number of cycles per unit of time | Frequency |
| Tissue that has the same ultrasonic appearance as that of the surrounding tissue | Isoechoic |
| Ability to separately identify different structures on radiograph or ultrasound | Resolution |
| Speed at which something travels through an object | Velocity |
| Length that a wave must travel in one cycle | Wavelength |
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