Medical Imaging Medical Terms
Across
- 4. A metallic, alkaline, divalent earth element; atomic no. 56, atomic wt. 137.327.
- 6. Cancerous cells, also called a tumor, able to grow into surrounding tissue, spread to other parts of the body and destroy normal cells.
- 7. The use of an illuminated optical instrument to visualize the interior of the body and its organs.
- 9. Refers to the low back region of the spinal column
- 10. Not cancerous.
Down
- 1. An imaging study depicting blood vessels.
- 2. Any internally administered substance that has a different opacity from soft tissue on radiography or computed tomography
- 3. An electrical device, often implanted, that maintains a normal heart rhythm by stimulating the heart muscle
- 5. Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of x-rays with the record of the findings usually impressed upon a photographic film.
- 8. Slender thread, rod, or catheter, lying within the space in the interior of a tubular structure,such as an artery or the intestine.