Patient Care
This is a civil wrong causing injury or harm.
What is a tort?
This is the irradiation of water molecules within the body.
What is radiolysis?
This part of the x-ray tube houses all other components.
What is the glass envelope?
This is the meaning of the term dorsal.
What is the top/back side?
This is the term for radiation that exits the patient and is directed in multiple directions.
What is scatter radiation?
This is an infection acquired at a hospital or other medical facility.
What is a nosocomial infection?
This is the most likely interaction between ionizing radiation and a target molecule.
What is the indirect effect?
This part of the X-ray tube acts as a high speed target for electrons.
What is the anode?
This term refers to parts away from the source or beginning.
What is distal?
X-ray tubes are operated at or above this kVp to avoid being space-charge limited.
What is 40 kVp?
This type of drug is used to treat angina and myocardial infarction.
What are vasodilators? (Also accepted: nitroglycerin)
This is the reduction of intensity of an X-ray beam as it passes through a material.
What is attenuation?
This is the term for the electron cloud within the X-ray tube.
What is thermionic emission?
This position is best for finding air fluid levels in the abdomen.
What is decubitus? (Upright also accepted)
Exposure to an embryo or fetus from this timeframe can result in congenital abnormalities.
What is 10 days to 6 weeks of development?
This is an illness or infection unintentionally caused by medical examination, treatment, or care.
What is an iatrogenic infection?
This is the cell type with the greatest radiosensitivity in an adult.
What are lymphocytes?
This device converts electrical energy to mechanical energy.
What is a motor?
This position will place the right lumbar zygapophyseal joints closest to the IR.
What is RPO?
Children have epiphyseal plates (growth plates) made of this material that can be evaluated as part of normal chronological age for bone age analysis.
What is hyaline cartilage?
This reduces the number of microorganisms and prevents their spread.
What is medical asepsis?
This is the annual dose limit for occupationally exposed individuals.
What is 50 mSv?
This component allows for the production of a high-voltage electrical current in the x-ray circuit.
What are transformers?
This position will place the right kidney parallel to the IR.
What is LPO?
Try as you might, this one is hard! This is the sequence of how blood travels through the heart.
What are: 1. SVC/IVC, 2. Right atrium, 3. Tricuspid valve, 4. Right ventricle, 5. Pulmonary valve, 6. Pulmonary arteries, 7. Lungs, 8. Pulmonary veins, 9. Left atrium, 10. Mitral/Bicuspid valve, 11. Left ventricle, 12. Aortic valve, 13. Aorta