History of Radiology
Components of the Dental X-ray Machine
Exposure Button & Selector Buttons
Properties & Characteristics of X-rays
Characteristics of the X-ray beam
100

Discovered x-rays

Who is Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen?

100

PID stands for...

What is position indicator device

100

30 impulses equals 

What is 0.5 second

100

True or false, x-rays are detectable and have no weight

What is false

100

Refers to the number of x-rays produced

What is quantity 

200

Year X-rays were discovered

When in 1895
200

The metal body that houses the x-ray tube

What is the metal housing

200

Controls the flow of electricity to generate x-rays

What is the exposure button

200

True or false, x-rays travel in short-wavelength, high-frequency waves

What is true 

200

Used to describe the energy or penetrating ability of the x-ray beam

What is quality

300

Made the first dental radiograph

Who is Otto Walkhoff

300

The tubehead, extension arm, control panel

What are the components of the x-ray machine

300

Measure of electrical current passing through the tungsten filament

What is milliamperage

300

Can alter molecules within the cells of our body

What is ionization

300

shows the radiopaque white of a metal restoration, the radiolucent black of air, and many shades of gray

What is contrast

400

Credited with the first practical use of radiographs 

Who is Dr. C. Edmond Kells

400

Produces x-rays

What is the tubehead

400

60 impulses equals __

What is 1 second

400

The shorter the wavelength of the x-ray, the greater its __

What is energy

400

Is the overall blackness or darkness if an image

What it density

500

Awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics

Who is Wilhem Conrad Roentgen

500

Supplies the electrons necessary to generate x-rays

What is the cathode

500

Exposure time measured in fractions of a second

What are impulses

500

It is like visible light, radar, radio and/or television waves 

What is electromagnetic radiation?

500

Refers to how well the radiograph reproduces the fine details or distinct outlines of an object

What is sharpness

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