74. Radioactive tracer is injected intravenously and a computer reconstructs a three-dimensional
image based on a composite of many views
75. Radioactive drug (radionuclide plus chemical) is administered for diagnostic and therapeutic
purposes
76. Time required for a radioactive substance to lose half its radioactivity by disintegration
OTHER
Give the medical terms from their definitions and word parts.
1. Obstructing the passage of x-rays: radio__________
2. Permitting the passage of x-rays: radio__________
3. Aids physicians in performing ultrasound procedures: __________grapher
4. Radioactive element that gives off energy in the form of radiation: radio__________
5. Radioactive drug administered for diagnostic purposes: radio__________
6. Transformation of stable substances into changed particles: __________ization
7. A physician who specializes in diagnostic radiology: radi__________
8. Study of uses of radioactive substances in the diagnosis of disease: __________medicine
Complete the following medical terms from their definitions.
9. X-ray record of the urinary tract: __________gram
10. X-ray record of the bile vessels: __________gram
11. A radioactive drug used in diagnosis of disease: radio__________
12. X-ray record of the uterus and the fallopian tubes: __________gram
13. Study of x-rays: __________ology
14. Permitting the passage of x-rays: radio__________
15. The process of using x-rays to produce a fluorescent image on an image intensifier:
__________scopy
Give meanings for the following combining forms, suffixes, and prefixes.
16. is/o: __________
17. pharmaceut/o: __________
18. radi/o: __________
19. son/o: __________
20. therapeut/o: __________
21. vitr/o: __________
22. viv/: __________o
23. -gram: __________
24. -graphy: __________
25. -lucent: __________
26. -opaque: __________
27. echo-: __________
28. ultra-: __________
Give the accented syllable in the following terms (For example: anemia = ne, diagnosis =
no, endocrine = en).
29. Radioisotope: __________
30. Ultrasonography: __________
31. Angiogram: __________
32. Supine: __________
33. Recumbent: __________
34. Echocardiography: __________
35. Ionization: __________
36. Posteroanterior: __________
37. Decubitus: __________
Select the term that is spelled correctly and give its meaning.
38. A. therapeutic
B. therapreutic
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
39. A. colangiography
B. cholangiography
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
40. A. radionuclide
B. radioneuclide
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
41. A. radiolucent
B. radiolucant
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
42. A. anterioposterior
B. anteroposterior
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
43. A. transducer
B. transduser
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
44. A. radiopharmaceutical
B. radiopharmaseutical
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
45. A. traser studies
B. tracer studies
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
46. A. in vetro
B. in vitro
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
Give the meanings for the following medical terms.
47. In vitro: __________
48. In vivo: __________
49. Radiopharmaceutical: __________
50. Bone scan: __________
Give the meanings for the following medical terms.
51. MRI: __________
52. IVP: __________
53. CXR: __________
54. U/S: __________
55. PA: __________
56. PET: __________
57. PACS: __________
58. DICOM: __________
59. AP: __________
60. KUB: __________
61. LAT: __________
62. 131I: __________