The Diagnostic Procedure That Directs High-Frequency Sound Waves Through the Skin

question 55

Multiple Choice

The diagnostic procedure that directs high-frequency sound waves through the skin over the area of the body being examined and produces an image based on the echoes is called ____.

• A) cholecystography
• B) a CT scan
• C) ultrasound
• D) an MRI
• E) nuclear medicine

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Definitions:

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach that focuses on exploring unconscious conflicts and motivations to treat psychological disorders.

Sigmund Freud

An Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Unconscious

The part of the mind that contains thoughts, memories, and desires beyond conscious awareness, influencing feelings and behavior.

Humanistic Therapy

A form of psychotherapy that focuses on the client’s subjective, conscious experience in the “here and now”.