The patient is scheduled to undergo a diagnostic procedure that records the electrical impulses of the brain. This is a(n):

A) echoencephalography
B) electroencephalography
C) positron emission tomography
D) cerebral angiography


B
Explanation: The combining form electr/o means "electricity"; the combining form encephal/o, "brain"; and the suffix -graphy, "recording process." Not to be confused with echoencephalography, with the combining form ech/o for sound referring to the diagnostic procedure of an ultrasound.

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