| air | | crosses the intact blood brain barrier |
| Exametazime | | consists of the parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands |
| glucose | | this organ stores bile |
| osteoclast | | doesn't cross the intact blood brain barrier |
| methylenediphosphate | | from 10 to 20 mCi of MDP |
| Vitamin D | | looking at blood pool and vascularity |
| CNS | | radiopharmaceutical used in the liquid part of the gastric emptying study |
| doserange | | hormone secreted by the thyroid, reduces bone turnover |
| prone | | represents one-third of all Nuclear Medicine scans |
| water | | also known as EDC |
| stomach | | this organ consists of the fundus, corpus, and antrum |
| DTPA | | coins, keys, belt buckles, necklaces are examples |
| axial | | requires a bolus injection followed by dynamic 2 second images |
| artifacts | | composed of calcium, phosphate, and hydroxyl ions |
| Sjogren'ssyndrome | | another word for vomiting |
| Indium | | visualization of the stomach, thyroid, and salivary glands |
| ECD | | most common benign tumor of the liver |
| CCK | | difficultor or discomfort associated with swallowing |
| HMPAO | | CSF is made mostly of this substance |
| 3Phase | | single photon electron computed tomography |
| GHA | | E max - Et / E max multiplied by 100 |
| osteoblast | | radiopharmaceutical commonly used to image cavernous hemangioma |
| bonescan | | includes skull,spine, and thoracic girdle |
| crystallinelattice | | doesn't cross the intact blood brani barrier |
| boneremodeling | | critical organ during a bone scan |
| hydroxymethylenediphosphate | | bone formation |
| Kupffercells | | crosses the intact blood brain barrier |
| SPECT | | used to image the bone |
| freepertechnetate | | refers to increase uptake of colloid in the spleen and bone marrow relative to liver |
| threephasebonescan | | drains peritoneal fluid into the superior vena cava |
| hydrocephalus | | consists of brain and spinal cord |
| liver | | patient is lying on his back |
| colloidshift | | dual energy x-ray absorptiometry |
| LeVeenShunt | | radiopharmacuetical to image bone |
| DPA | | controls the movement of substances from the vascular space to the brain's extracellular fluid |
| iontrapping | | deossification of bone |
| esophagealtransit | | commonly used radionuclide angiogram with TC-DTPA |
| gallbladder | | radiocolloids are cleared from the circulation by this method |
| bladder | | the outer nervous tissue of the cerebral hemisphere |
| stannousion | | also known as HMPAO |
| esophagus | | mechanism by which diphosphonates localize in bone |
| Bicisate | | autoimmune disease of the salivary glands |
| gastricemptying | | also known as HMPAO |
| tenmillicuries | | free pertechnetate gets taken up in the salivary glands by this method |
| ventricles | | acts as a reducing agent |
| graymatter | | four spaces within the brain that form CSF |
| BBB | | this organ destroys old red blood cells |
| Calcitonin | | this organ is located behind the trachea |
| ionexchange | | largest organ in the body and produces bile |
| salivaryglands | | enlargement of the ventricles caused by excessive CSF |
| Ceretec | | patient is lying on his stomach |
| hemangioma | | radiopharmaceutical used in the solid part of the gastric emptying study |
| DEXA | | dual photon absorptiometry |
| gastrointestinaltract | | causes poor tagging of technetium of phosphonates |
| TcRBCs | | the amount of time taken to digest and excrete food |
| dysphasia | | assist with absorption of calcium in the intestines |
| spleen | | synonymous with Sincalide |
| supine | | brain's sole energy substrate |
| Tcsulfurcolloid | | replacement of old bone with new |
| emesis | | originates at the mouth and concludes at the anus |
