Chapter 6 diagnostic and assessment
procedures
If you instill contrast media into the urinary tract for visualization of the bladder, ureter, and
kidney it is called what? - correct answer-Retrograde pyelography
What is found in contrast media that patients may be allergic to? - correct
answer-Radiopaque medium - iodine
What type of contrast media is used to examine the gastrointestinal tract? - correct
answer-Barium
What procedure uses radio frequency signals and multiple magnetic fields to produce a high
definition image - correct answer-Magnetic resonance imagining (MRI)
Intraoperative radiation therapy is used to deliver what type of dose to a specific area of the
body - correct answer-A single dose of radiation
The difference between the diastolic pressure and the systolic pressure is referred to as
what? - correct answer-The pulse pressure
What type of blood test is used to evaluate the type and percentage of normal components
of the blood? - correct answer-A complete blood count
What studies are used to assess blood flow? - correct answer-Doppler studies
Which noninvasive procedure uses ultrasound energy to demonstrate motions of the heart? -
correct answer-Echocardiography
What test produces characteristic patterns indicating normal or abnormal conduction
impulses that stimulate the heart? - correct answer-Electrocardiogram (ECG)
What test measures blood glucose, carbon dioxide, creatinine, urea nitrogen, bicarbonate,
and several important electrolytes? - correct answer-A basic metabolic panel
What test measures coagulation time? - correct answer-Prothrombin time (PT)
What condition is also known as decreased serum potassium? - correct
answer-Hypokalemia
What is composed of disorganized tissue that exhibits uncontrolled growth? - correct
answer-A malignant tumor
What element of the blood has important functions in blood clotting mechanism, including
clot retraction and activation of coagulation factor? - correct answer-Platelets
procedures
If you instill contrast media into the urinary tract for visualization of the bladder, ureter, and
kidney it is called what? - correct answer-Retrograde pyelography
What is found in contrast media that patients may be allergic to? - correct
answer-Radiopaque medium - iodine
What type of contrast media is used to examine the gastrointestinal tract? - correct
answer-Barium
What procedure uses radio frequency signals and multiple magnetic fields to produce a high
definition image - correct answer-Magnetic resonance imagining (MRI)
Intraoperative radiation therapy is used to deliver what type of dose to a specific area of the
body - correct answer-A single dose of radiation
The difference between the diastolic pressure and the systolic pressure is referred to as
what? - correct answer-The pulse pressure
What type of blood test is used to evaluate the type and percentage of normal components
of the blood? - correct answer-A complete blood count
What studies are used to assess blood flow? - correct answer-Doppler studies
Which noninvasive procedure uses ultrasound energy to demonstrate motions of the heart? -
correct answer-Echocardiography
What test produces characteristic patterns indicating normal or abnormal conduction
impulses that stimulate the heart? - correct answer-Electrocardiogram (ECG)
What test measures blood glucose, carbon dioxide, creatinine, urea nitrogen, bicarbonate,
and several important electrolytes? - correct answer-A basic metabolic panel
What test measures coagulation time? - correct answer-Prothrombin time (PT)
What condition is also known as decreased serum potassium? - correct
answer-Hypokalemia
What is composed of disorganized tissue that exhibits uncontrolled growth? - correct
answer-A malignant tumor
What element of the blood has important functions in blood clotting mechanism, including
clot retraction and activation of coagulation factor? - correct answer-Platelets
