Exam 20: Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

The position in which the patient is lying down when x-rays pass from the back to the front of the body is the ________.

Write the correct abbreviation for posteroanterior:

Treatment of disease using x-rays,radium,and other radioactive substances is:

A bone ________ is used to find cancer,infection,fractures,or injuries in the bone.

What is the difference between radiolucent and radiopaque substances?

Write the correct abbreviation for orally,by mouth:

Write the correct abbreviation for radiation absorbed dose:

Radiodermatitis:

________ is an x-ray record of the kidney and renal pelvis made with the use of a radiopaque contrast medium.

The international unit for describing exposure dose of x-ray is:

The ________ position (when lying down)is used so the x-rays will pass through the body from front to back.

The abbreviation for a soft,very heavy metal used for shielding against x-rays is:

In the term cinematoradiography,the combining form cinemat/o means :

The process whereby radiant energy is propagated through space or matter is called:

An x-ray record of the gallbladder is called:

What is an angiogram?

The meaning of the abbreviation AP is ________.

Write the correct abbreviation for radium:

In the ________ position,the x-ray beam passes from one side of the patient's body to the opposite side to reach the film.

Write the correct abbreviation for barium enema: