Ohio GXMO Study Guide Review Exam Questions All Solved Correct.
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GXMO
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GXMO
Who discovered x-rays? - Answer Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
When were x-rays discovered? - Answer November 8, 1895 in Germany
What are the 3 Cardinal Principals of radiation protection? - Answer Maximize distance, maximize shielding, minimize time
What is Erythema? - Answer Reddeni...
Ohio GXMO Study Guide Review Exam
Questions All Solved Correct.
Who discovered x-rays? - Answer Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
When were x-rays discovered? - Answer November 8, 1895 in Germany
What are the 3 Cardinal Principals of radiation protection? - Answer Maximize distance, maximize
shielding, minimize time
What is Erythema? - Answer Reddening of the skin
What is Anemia? - Answer Decrease of oxygen in blood, low blood count
What is Leukopenia? - Answer Low WBC count
What is epilation? - Answer Loss of hair
What does ALARA stand for? - Answer As Low As Reasonably Achievable
What is collimation? - Answer Limits the size/area of the x-ray beam
What is a proton? - Answer Positively charged, in nucleus of atom
What is a neutron? - Answer No electrical charge, in nucleus of atom
What is a electron? - Answer Negatively charged, in orbital shell around nucleus of an atom
What is an ion? - Answer A charged particle
,What is ionization? - Answer Process of an electron leaving its orbit around a neutral atom
What is an ion pair? - Answer An electron and a positive charged atom
What does isotropic mean? - Answer Equal in all directions
What is energy? - Answer The ability to do work
What is mass? - Answer The quantity of matter
What is matter? - Answer Anything that occupies space and has mass
What travels at 186,000 miles/second? - Answer All electromagnetic radiation
Does electromagnetic radiation have mass? - Answer No
What has higher energy than visible light? - Answer X-rays
What happens when x-rays are absorbed by body tissue? - Answer Causes ionization of atoms and
molecules
Ionization can result in what type of damage? - Answer Biological Damage
What is radioplaque? - Answer DOES NOT go through
What is radiolucent? - Answer Sees through
A special mechanism that stops tube movement at a specific location is? - Answer Detent
, What device receives the energy of the x-ray beam and forms the image of the body part? - Answer
Image Receptor
What type of cassette containing film receives x-ray beam? - Answer Film based
What is a latent image? - Answer A hidden image
A cassette containing film receives the x-ray beam. The film now contains a latent image and will become
visible after being processed in a? - Answer Dark room
What type of cassette containing a phosphor plate receives the x-ray beam? - Answer Computed
Radiography
In CR, the phosphor plate will be scanned by a? - Answer Laser
An electronic plate receives the x-ray beam and produces and electronic signal that is sent directly to a
computer for processing and digital image formation? - Answer Direct/Digital
What prevents scatter radiation from reaching the IR? - Answer Grid
What includes a tray to hold the IR? - Answer Bucky
What does the collimator do? - Answer Limits the size of the radiation field
What does transverse mean? - Answer Movement of the x-ray tube across the patient from left to right
What does longitudinal mean? - Answer Movement of the x-ray tube from the foot end toward the
head end of the patient
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