Foundation year

RADIOGRAPHY

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY T.SANAA ABDELHAMED

Radioactive: substance whose nucleus disintegrates and gives off energy in the form of radiation which can pass through other substances.

Radiation: waves of energy which are given off by certain substances, especially radioactive substances and by x-ray machines. The combining form is radi/o.

Medical Terms Related To Radiography

Radiography: means examining the internal parts of the

patient by taking x-ray pictures. The combining form

radi/o means radiation. And the suffix –graphy means an

x- ray examination.

Radiologist: a doctor who specializes in radiology.

Radiograph: an x-ray picture.

Radiographer: a person specially trained to operate a

machine to take radiograph.

Tomography: scanning a particular part of the body using

x-ray or ultrasound. The prefix tomo- means a cutting or

section.

Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT): a system of scanning

a patient’s body, where a narrow x-ray beam, guided by a computer, can

photograph a thin section of the body or of an organ from several

angles, using the computer to build up an image of the section.

Ultrasound: means very high frequency sound wave. The prefix

ultra- means very high. Ultrasonic is the adjective form of ultrasound.

Angiocardiogram: x-ray image of blood

vessels and heart chambers. The suffix

–gram means record or picture.

Angiocardiography: x-ray examination

of the arteries of the heart after

introducing a radio-opaque contrast

medium into the coronaries by means of

a catheter.

Angiography: an x-ray examination of blood vessels.

Arthrography: an x-ray examination of joints. Arthr/o means joint.

Lymphangiography: an x-ray examination of lymph vessels and

nodes after the contrast medium has been injected into them.

Contrast medium: a radio-opaque substance, put into an

organ or part of the body so that it will show clearly in an x-

ray photograph. The plural is contrast media.

Bronchogram: x-ray film of the bronchi.

Cholecystogram: x-ray picture of the gall bladder.

Cholecystogrphy: x-ray examination of the gall bladder.

Pyelogram: x-ray picture of the renal pelvis.

Magnetic: means having the attraction of magnet.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): scanning technique

for examining soft body tissue and cells.

Fluoroscope: an instrument which projects an x-ray image of a

part of the body onto a screen, so that the part of the body can be

examined as it moves. The combining form fluor/o means luminous.

The suffix –scope means to see.

Barium: means chemical element, used in the form of

barium sulphate as a contrast medium when taking x-ray

photographs of the gastrointestinal tract.

Barium sulphate: salt of barium not soluble in water shows

as opaque in x-ray photographs.

Barium enema: means liquid solution containing barium

sulphate which is put into the rectum so that an x-ray can

be taken of the lower intestine.

Barium meal: means a liquid solution containing barium

sulphate which a patient drinks to increase the contrast of an

x-ray of the alimentary tract.