Surgical Radiography
Across
- 1. an internal prosthesis
- 4. a medical professional who administers anesthetics
- 8. a radiographic examination of the bile ducts with contrast medium during surgery
- 11. covering a patient and surrounding areas with a sterile barrier to maintain a sterile field during a surgical procedure
- 13. procedure to repair a fractures hip using internal fixation
- 15. free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic
- 16. a branch of medical imaging that shows a continuous x-ray image on a monitor
- 19. sterile hand coverings
- 20. equipment worn by those in the OR to protect them from x-ray exposure
- 24. a non sterile nurse who observes surgery and provides assistance to the sterile team as needed
- 26. a surgical instrument used for removing fluid from bodily cavities, it is a puncturing device situated inside a hollow cylindrical tube
- 27. equipment placed on patient to protect them from x-ray exposure
Down
- 2. the position of lying on ones back facing upward
- 3. an imaging procedure that produces an image of the arteries using contrast material and x-rays
- 5. a medical practitioner qualified to preform surgery
- 6. used to convert low-energy x-rays into visible light images. Often found on c-arm
- 7. an internally administered substance used to differentiate between tissues of similar densities or to accentuate certain structures
- 9. not free from living germs or microorganisms, not aseptic
- 10. a health care professional who assists a surgeon by performing certain duties during a surgical operation
- 12. feature of fluoroscopy system where the last exposure frame is shown on the display
- 14. minimum c-arm source to skin distance
- 17. an artificial device that sends electrical impulses to the heart in order to set or steady the hearts rhythm
- 18. one should never wear these in the OR
- 21. technique where very short x-ray exposures are taken rather than long continuous ones. This is preferable for dose reduction
- 22. a metal cylindrical device placed into the hollow part of a bone
- 23. a health care professional who performs diagnostic imaging procedures such as x-rays
- 25. a c shaped medical imaging device that is often used in surgical procedures