Ch 16: Book Questions

Examination by tapping the surace to determine density of a body area is called

Percussion

The orecentage of RBCs in blood is called a

All of the above

A machine that spins smaples very rapidly to separate elements based on weight is a

Centrifuge

The determination of the cause of disease is the

Diagnosis

A set of signs that occur together is called a

Syndrome

The term for relief of condition but not a cure is

Palliative

A disease that can be transmitted between animals and humans is said to be

Zoonotic

What is the term for the ultrasound property of producing adequate levels of reflections when sound eaves are returned to the transducer and displated?

Echoic

The aronym used to describe a unit by which absorption of inoizing radiation is measured is

rad

Surgial puncture to remove fluid or gas for diagnositc purpose of for treatment is know as

Centesis

Examination by feeling is

palpation

Clumping of cells is known as

Agglutination

The medical term for prevention is

Prophylaxis

A decrease in body temp is known as

Hypothermia

The term for having a short cource is

Acute

An outbreak that occurs sporadically in animals is called

Panzootic

The “M” in MRI stands for

Magnetic

The “k” in kVp stands for

Kilo

Coccus is to cocci as bacillus is to

Bacilli

The abbreviation for wavelength is

D. Y looking thing

Disorder caused by pathogenic organisms

Infectious disease

Disorder transmitted from animal to animal or through contact with contaminated objects; another name for contagious disease

or

Disease spread from one animal to another by direct or indirect contact

Contagious disease

Disorder not caused by organims

Noncontagious disease

Disorder transmitted from animal to animal or through contact with contaminated objects; another name for contagious disease

or

Disease spread from one animal to another by direct or indirect contact

Communicable disease

Iatrogenic disease

Disorder caused by physicians or veterinarians and the treatment ordered

Disorder caused by pathogenic organims contracted in a facility or clinic

Nosocomical infection

Disease that can be transmitted between animals and humans

Zoonotic disease

Determination of the cause of disease

Diagnosis

Lacking resistance

Susceptable

Sharp, needlelike instrumnet that has a tube that is used to puncture the wall of a body cavity to withdraw fluid or gas

Trocar

Path of the x-ray beam

Projection

International unit of radiation

Roentgen

Rod-shaped bacterium

Bacillus

Sherical bacterium

Coccus

Having a long course

Chronic