Chapter 1

Question 1

Why is it important for a CT technician to understand brain anatomy?

Answer 1

To accurately interpret the sectional images and ensure correct positioning of the patient

Question 2

What is the role of the CT technician in relation to the sectional images produced?

Answer 2

The technician must be able to interpret the sectional images produced of the brain.

Question 3

For a cranial CT scan, what must the CT technician understand?

Answer 3

Relevant brain anatomy and the ability to interpret sectional images of the brain.

Question 4

What is an important aspect of communication during an imaging procedure?

Answer 4

communicate clearly with a patient

Question 5

What are the key imaging techniques used by a medical imaging technologist?

Answer 5

Ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Question 6

Anatomy

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the study of structure and form

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physiology

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the study of function and body parts

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the word anatomy is derived from??

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anatome

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anatome means

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cut apart or dissect

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anatomists are scientists who

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theudy the form and structure of organisms

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physiologists examine

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how organs and body systems may be altered via medication or disease

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the scientific method is method by which scientists

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-examine natural events
-develop a hypothesis
-experiment to tes the hypothesis
-determine if the data supports the hypothesis.

Question 13

early psychologists used the scientific method to

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how blood cirulates throguh the body

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how do we use the scientific method today

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to understand how the brain stores memories or explain how cancer spreads

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microscopic anaotmy examines

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structures that cannot be seen by an unaided eye

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people normally study microscopic anatomy by slicing a thin slices of body structures

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by slicing thin slices of body structures, preparing specific cells,

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microscopic anatomy has 2 main divisions

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cytology and histology

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cytology is

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the study of body cells and their internal structures

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histology

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the study of body tissues

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gross anatomy is another major field it investigates

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the structure and relationships of body parts that are visible to the unided eye

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gross anatomy is also called

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macroscopic anatomy

Question 22

gross anatomy studies things like

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intrstines, stomach, brain, heart, and kidneys

Question 23

gross anatomy is often done by _______ speciments

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dissecting

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systemic anatomy

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studies anatomy of each functional body system

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if someone who studies systemic anatomy wanted to study the urine what would they study

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kidney. because thats where urine is made, and urine transport organs

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most undergraduate anatomy and physiology classes use this approach

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systemic

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what are the urine transport organs

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ureters and urethra

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regional anatomy

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examines all of the structures in a particular region.

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axillary region

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arm pit

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surface anatomy

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focuses on both superficial and internal body structures that relate to skin coivering them.

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health care provders use surface features to identify and locate

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important landmarks such as pulse locations or the proper body region on which to perform cpr.

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comparative anatomy

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examines the similarities and differences in the anatomy of different species.

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comparative anatomy fight for example study

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limbs of humans, dogs, chimps, and cats.

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embryology

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is the discipline concerned with developmental changes occurring from conception to birth

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what branches of anatomy focus on the diagnoses of medical conditions or the advancement of basic scientific research

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pathologic anatomy, radiographic anatomy

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pathologic anatomy

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examines all anatomic changes resulting from diseas

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radiographic anatomy

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investigates relkationship among internal structures tht may be visualized by soecific scanning procedures

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what scans does radiographic anatomy do

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x-ray, mri, ct scan, ultrasounds

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MRI

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magnetic resonance imaging

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ct scan

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computed tomagraphy

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cardiovascular physiology focusus on

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the functioning of the heart, blood vessels, and blood

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neurophysiology examines

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how nerve impulses are propagated throughout the nervous system

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respitorty physiology studies

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how respitory gases are transfered by gas exchange between lungs and the blood vessels.

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reproductive physiology explores

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how the regulation of reproductive hormones can drive the reproductive cycle and influence sex cell production and maturation.

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pathophysiology investigastes

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the relationship between the functioning of an organ system and disease or injury to that organ.

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organization

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all organisms exhibit a complex order

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metabolism

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sum of all chemical reactions that occur in the body

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anabolism

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small molecules form to make larger molecules

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catabolism

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large molecules are broken down into smaller ones

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growth and development

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during a organisms lifetime an organism may assimilate materials from their environment to increase in size

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responsiveness

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an organism must be able to adjust bodily function in respnse to environmental change

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reproduction

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all cells produce cells for growth, repair, and maintenance. somatic cells divide by a process called mitosis.

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somatic cells divide by

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mitosis

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gamates or ____ divide by

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sex cells, meiosis

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all organisms must exchange_______(3) with their environments

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nutrients, waste, and gases

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muscular system

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produces body movement, generates heat when muscles contract

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nervous system

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system that responds to stimuli. controls some muscles and glands. also responsible for intelligence, memory, and consciousness

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integumentary systems

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provides protection, prevents water loss, synthesizes vitamin D, releases secretion, houses sensory receptors

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skeletal system

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provides support, and protection. site of hematopoises. stores calcium. provides sites for ligament and muscle attachments

Question 60

supine

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laying down