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RADT 1001 & 1007 FINAL EXAM|112 Q’S AND A’S
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RADT 1001 & 1007 FINAL EXAM|112 Q’S ANDA’S
Tracheostomy - -An opening through the neck into the trachea through
which an indwelling tube may be inserted to ventilate the patient's lungs.
-Oncologist - -The branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis,
and treatment of malignancy
-Podiatrist - -Also known as a podiatric physician or "foot doctor", is a
medical professional, a physician devoted to the study and medical
treatment of disorders of the foot, ankle and lower extremity
-Sterilization - -Treatment of items with heat, gas, or chemicals to make
them germ-free.
-Tort - -A civil wrong, such as negligence, false imprisonment, assault, and
battery
-Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) - -Organization that provides
complete and comprehensive healthcare for the cost of the premium plus a
small fee called a copayment for each visit.
-Res Ipsa Loquitur - -Legal doctrine applied when negligence and loss are so
apparent they would be obvious to anyone. Literally, "the thing speaks for
itself."
-Ethics - -The science or study of moral values or principles, including ideals
of autonomy, beneficence, and justice; the term is also applied to the moral
values or principles themselves.
-Intensifying Screen - -Plates coated with phosphors (fluorescent crystals)
that emit light when exposed to x-rays.
-Libel - -A false accusation written, printed, typewritten, or presented in a
picture or a sign that is made with malicious intent to defame the reputation
of a person who is living or the memory of a person who is dead, resulting in
public embarrassment, contempt, ridicule, or hatred.
-Slander - -Any words spoken with malice that are untrue and prejudicial to
the reputation, professional practice, commercial trade, office, or business of
another person.
-Battery - -The unlawful use of force against a person.
, -Malpractice - -Professional negligence that is the proximate cause of injury
or harm to a patient, resulting from a lack of professional knowledge,
experience, or skill that can be expected in others in the profession or from a
failure to exercise reasonable care or judgement in the application of
professional knowledge, experience, or skill.
-Ilieostomy - -Surgical formation of an opening of the ileum onto the surface
of the abdomen, through which fecal matter is expelled.
-Purulent - -Consisting of, containing, or discharging pus.
-Thrombus (pl. thrombi) - -An aggregation of platelets, fibrin, clotting
factors, and the cellular elements of the blood attached to the interior wall of
a vein or artery.
-Embolus (pl. emboli) - -A free-floating clot, air bubble, or other substance in
the bloodstream.
-Colostomy - -Surgical creation of an artificial anus (stoma) on the
abdominal wall by increasing the colon and drawing it out to the surface.
-Vector - -An animal in whose body a pathogen multiplies or develops
before becoming infective to a new host.
-Vehicle - -Any substance, such as food or water, that can serve as a mode
of transmission for infectious agents.
-Phagocytosis - -The process by which certain cells engulf and destroy
microorganisms and cellular debris.
-Systolic - -Pertaining to systole, or the blood pressure measured at the
peak of ventricular contraction.
-Diastolic - -Pertaining to diastole, the blood pressure at the instant of
maximum cardiac relaxation.
-Acute - -Beginning abruptly with marked intensity or sharpness, then
subsiding after a relatively short period.
-Chronic - -Developing slowly and persisting for a long period.
-Diaphoretic - -The secretion of sweat, especially the profuse secretion
associated with an elevated body temperature, physical exertion, exposure
to heat, and mental or emotional stress.
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