One of your patients, M.M., a 70-year-old man, was transferred in last night from the ICU. You are the nurse working on the surgical floor. roentgen/o- x-rays radiation salping/o- uterine (fallopian) tube scint/i- point of light fus/o pouring inter- between gli/o cells that provide support trans- across through iodin/o iodine intestin/o intestine ventilat/o movement of air xer/o dry vent/o a coming ventricul/o ventricle (lower heart chamber chamber in the brain) retro- behind backward ur/o urine urinary system iodine a purple-black, shiny crystalline trace element in solid used as an IV drug to image the thyroid gland indium a soft, silvery metal used as an IV drug to look for cancerous tumors hyster/o uterus (womb) intra- within barium a soft, silvery-white metallic element used in x- raying the digestive system and in making fireworks and white pigments gnos/o knowledge Xenon A colorless, odorless gas used to image the lungs when inhaled arthr/o- joint astr/o- starlike structure axi/o- axis blast/o- immature embryonic cardi/o- heart cholangi/o- bile duct chori/o- fetal membrane (chorion) densit/o- density dos/i- dose duc/o- bring move ech/o- echo (sound wave) electr/o- electricity esophag/o- esophagus cyst/o- bladder fluid-filled sac semisolid cyst cin/e- movement chol/e- bile gall per- through throughout gastr/o stomache tom/o cut slice layer gallium a soft, silvery metal used as an IV drug to detect inflammation, infection, and benign and cancerous tumors trac/o visible path X-ray a form of invisible ionizing radiation gadolinium a metallic element that responds to a magnetic field and can be injected intravenously during magnetic resonance angiography dia- complete completely anter/o- before front part aort/o- aorta arteri/o- artery quantitat/o- quantity or amount radi/o- radius (forearm bone) x-rays radiation later/o- side log/o- word the study of luc/o- clear lymph/o- lymph lymphatic system magnet/o- magnet mamm/o- breast medull/o- medulla (inner region) myel/o- bone marrow spinal cord myelin nucle/o- nucleus ( of an atom ) pancreat/o- pancreas pharmaceutic/o- medicine drug poster/o- back part Krypton a colorless, odorless gas used to image the lung when inhaled, also used in lasers for surgery OncoScint a nuclear medicine procedure used to detect areas of increased activity that are metastases from a cancerous tumor's primary site in the colon or ovary Positron a positively charged particle that has the same mass as an electron, but the opposite charge prostaScint a nuclear medicine procedure used to detect areas of increased activity for metastases from prostate cancer ultra- beyond higher Technetium A silvery gray metal used as an IV drug in nuclear imaging and to imaging various areas of the body Radiopaque Being opaque to radiation and especially to X-Rays SPECT A scan of the heart with a moving gamma camera which creates images as "slices" -scopy Process of using an instrument to examine Flour/o Flourescence Thallium A gray metallic metal used as an IV drug to image the heart. graphy Process of recording project/o- oreintation pyel/o- renal pelvis Excret/o removing from the body -ion Action, condition -ist One who specializes in duplex a molecule having two complementary polynucleotide strands of DNA or of DNA and RNA enema the introduction of liquid into the rectum to evacuate the bowels, medicate, or nourish -meter Instrument used to measure -metry Process of measuring son/o- sound techn/o- technical skill -oma Tumor, mass -on A substance, structure DEXA scan a type of bone density test using two x-ray beams with different energy levels to create a two- dimensional image Doppler ultrasonography ultrasonography applying the Doppler effect, in which frequently- shifted ultrasound reflection produced by moving targets in the bloodstream, usually red blood cells, are used to determine the direction and velocity of blood flow.
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