Med Term 2

cartilage

cell

tissue

nucleus

anterior; front

tail

far; farthest

back (of body)

lower; below

side, to one side

middle

back (of body), behind, posterior

near, nearest

upper; above

belly, belly side

toward

specialist in the study of

study of

separation, destruction, loosening

poison

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everything forward, including palms

midsagittal, vertical- left and right side

coronal, vertical- front (anterior) & back (posterior)

transverse, horizontal- top (superior) & bottom (inferior)

away from

means act of leading, bringing, conducting

abdomen

head

neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)

cranium (skull)

stomach

ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone)

groin

loins (lower back)

pelvis

spine

chest

umbilicus (navel)

imaginary flat surface that divides the body into 2 sections

also a trans/verse section

process of recording

radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)

through, across

turning

right upper quadrant

left upper quadrant

right lower quadrant

left lower quadrant

below, under

above or on

abdomen

anterior

anteroposterior

biopsy

lateral

computed tomography

chest x-ray, chest radiograph

magnetic resonance imaging

posteroanterior; pernicious anemia; pulmonary artery; physician assistant

upper and lower

positron emission tomography

ultrasound; ultrasonography

single photon emission computed tomography

band of scar tissue binding anatomical surfaces that are normally separate from each other

protective response of body tissues to irritation, infection, or allergy

body's inflammatory response to infection, in which there is fever, elevated heart and respiratory rate, and low blood pressure

in, within

visual examination

instrument for visual examination

luminous, fluorescence

radiographic technique that uses electromagnetic energy to produce multiplanar cross-sectional images of the body

diagnostic technique that produces an image of an organ or area by recording the concentration of a radiopharmaceutical introduced into the body

drug medicine

technique for carefully studying an area, organ, or system of the body by recording and displaying an image of the area

radiographic technique that produces a film representing a detailed cross-section, or slice, of an area, tissue or organ at a predetermined depth

radiographic technique that uses a narrow beam of x-rays that rotates in a full arc around the patient to acquire multiple views of the body that a computer interprets to produce cross-sectional images of that body part

radiographic technique combining computed tomography with radiopharmaceuticals that produces a cross-sectional (transverse) image of the dispersement of radioactivity (through emission of positrons) in a section of the body to reveal the areas where the radiopharmaceutical is being metabolized and where there is a deficiency in metabolism

type of nuclear imaging study that scans organs after injection of a radioactive tracer and employs a specialized gamma camera that detects emitted radiation to produce a three-dimensional image from a composite of numerous views

imaging technique that uses high-frequency sound waves (ultrasound) that bounce off body tissues and are recorded to produce an image of an internal organ or tissue

excess, beyond

sound

connection between two vessels; surgical joining of two ducts, blood vessels, or bowel segments to allow flow from one to the other

process of burning abnormal tissue with electricity, freezing, heat, or chemicals