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Introduction To Radiology Vocab
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Introduction To Radiology Vocab
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1. A partially moveable joint in hich two bones are connected by ligaments

2. Numerous small fat filled sacs in the large intestines

3. Widening or sac formed by dilation of a blood vessel

4. Process that extends anteriorly from the superior part of the ulna

5. The anterior surface or top of the foot; refers to the posterior aspect of the body in general

6. Classified as hinge type joints - they are found between middle and distal phalanges and between proximal and middle phalanges

7. Sacules where gases are exhanged during respiration

8. Area where the primary bronchi enter the lungs

9. Bony spur of cartilage in the trachea

10. Area of medicine pertaining to the female genital tract

11. Juncture where the esophogas enters the stomach

12. Small body type - comprising about 10% of the population

13. Hematoma above the dura mater

14. Effect produced on tissues by the application of a bipolar current delivered by needlepoint

15. A chronic disease involving the destruction and loss of elasticity of the walls of the alveoli - causing enlargement of the alveolar sacs and interference with an exchange in oxygen

16. Folds in the wall of the large intestine

17. One half of the diaphragm

18. To bend a joint - decreasing the angle between adjacent bones

19. Bones of the wrist - 8 carpals total

20. A small - rounded - articular end of the a bone

21. Study of the intervertebral disk spaces following the injection of a radiopaque medium

22. Abnormal tubelike pasage from a normal cavity or tube to a free surface or to another cavity; may be due to congenital incomplete closure of the parts or ay result from abscesses - injuries - or inflammatory processes

23. Position in which the patient is recumbent while a radiograph is taken with a horizontal beam. the position is named by the side that is dependent

24. C1 cervical vertebra - circular in shape - most atypical vertebra in the body

25. A condition in which the partially disgested materials back up into the esophagus - causing inflammation and damage - throw up in your mouth