Exam 42: Assisting in Other Medical Specialties

Which patient position is appropriate for a sigmoidoscopy?

When cells become malignant, the process is called ________.

The medical specialist who diagnoses and treats inappropriate immune system responses to normally harmless substances is a(n) ________.

Which of the following is a benign skin tumor that results from a viral skin infection?

The medical specialty that focuses on disorders, injuries, and diseases of the muscular and skeletal systems is ________.

Performing a gallbladder function test called ________ enables the physician to determine whether the bile duct is obstructed or gallstones are present.

Which common neurological disorder that is caused by the misfiring of nerve groups in the brain results in seizures?

Which gastrointestinal disease involves gastric acid rising from the stomach into the esophagus?

Which of the following is an infection of the bone of which the principal symptom is pain?

A diagnostic method used in cardiology to test the body's main blood vessels for weakness in vessel walls or blocked arteries is called _______ ultrasonography.

The treatment for a heart conduction problem that delays or blocks electrical transmission within the heart includes medication and ________?

An x-ray examination of a blood vessel after the injection of a contrast medium to evaluate the function and structure of one or more arteries is a(n) _______.

A magnetic ________ imaging (MRI) test uses a powerful magnetic field to produce an image of internal body structures.

During a(n) _______, the cardiologist can take blood samples for analysis, measure the pressure in the heart's chambers, and view the heart's motions with the aid of fluoroscopy.

The test that measures a patient's cardiovascular response to a workload is a(n) ________ test.

Which of the following defines a stress test?

The patient in the figure has been tested for allergies using a(n) ________ test.

An x-ray visualization of the spinal cord after the injection of a radioactive contrast medium or air into the spinal subarachnoid space is ________.

The ________ test is performed by introducing dilute solutions of allergens into the skin of the inner forearm or upper back with a fine-gauge needle.

In a(n) ______ stress test, radioactive tracers are injected so that the practitioner can trace the path of blood through the heart.