Testing and Diagnostic Evaluation Chapter 16

Examination by tapping the surface to determine density of a body area is called

The percentage of RBCs in blood is called

A machine that spins samples very rapidly to separate elements based on weight is a

The quality of appearing white or light ray on a radiograph is called

The determination of the cause of disease is the

A set of signs that occur together is called a/an

The medical term for sphere is

The term for relief of condition but not a cure is

Pertaining to fever

A disease that can be transmitted between animals and humans is said to be

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

The acronym used to describe a unit by which absorption of ionizing radiation is measured

Surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic procedures or to remove liquid or gas is known as

Examination by feeling is

Clumping of cells is known as

The medical term for prevention

The term for having a short course is

The study of disease causes is

An outbreak that occurs sporadically in animals is called

The “M in MRI Stands for

The “K” in kVp stands for

Coccus is to cocci as bacillus is to

Listening to body sounds, which usually involves the use of a stethoscope

Appearing black or dark gray on a radiograph

Is the prediction of the outcome of disease

Is a characteristic of disease that can be sensed only by the patient

Is the ongoing presence of disease in a group

Are spiral shaped bacteria that are tightly coiled

Disorder caused by physicians or veterinarians

Sharp, needle-like instrument that has a tube that is used to puncture the wall of a body cavity and withdraw fluid or gas

The international unit of radiation

Intensity of an ultra sound wave

Ultrasonic term for when waves are transmitted to deeper tissue and none are reflected back

Loss of intensity of the ultrasound beam as it travels through tissue

Number of cycles per unit of time

Tissue that has the same ultrasonic appearance as that of the surrounding tissue

Ability to separately identify different structures on radiograph or ultrasound

Speed at which something travels through an object

Length that a wave must travel in one cycle