Procedures
The term that refers to parts away from the source or beginning is:
Distal
Window level adjusts the _______.
Brightness
The Gray is the unit of:
Absorbed Dose
The most common healthcare associated illness (HAI) is a:
UTI
The maximum number of electrons in the valance shell:
8
Deoxygenated blood from the head and thorax is returned to the heart by the:
Superior Vena Cava
The absorption of useful radiation by a grid is called:
Grid Cutoff
The reduction in the intensity of an x-ray beam as it passes through material is termed:
Attenuation
A patient who is diaphoretic is experiencing:
Profuse Sweating
The photoelectric effect is an interaction between an x-ray photon and:
An Inner Shell Electron
An aspirated foreign body is more likely to enter the lower respiratory tract via the:
Right Main Stem Bronchus
A 6" OID would _______ contrast.
Increase
How will x-ray photon intensity be affected if the SID is doubled?
Its intensity decreases four times
The normal average rate of respiration for a healthy adult patient is:
12-20 breaths/min
The variation in photon distribution between the anode and cathode ends of the x-ray tube is known as:
Anode Heel Effect
Free air in the abdominal cavity is best demonstrated in which position?
AP projection, left lateral decubitus position
The electron cloud within the x-ray tube is the product of a process called:
Thermionic Emission
Which interactions between x-ray photons and matter involves a high-energy photon and the ejection of an outer shell electron?
Compton Scatter
In what order should the following examinations be performed on the same patient?
2,3,1
The medical term for hives is:
Urticaria
Which position would demonstrate the right lumbar zygapophyseal articulations closest to the IR?
RPO
Ionization chambers are located between the:
Patient and the IR
How many half-value layers will it take to reduce an x-ray beam whose intensity is 78 Gy to an intensity of less than 10 Gy?
3
A condition in which an occluded blood vessel stops blood flow to a portion of the lungs?
Pulmonary Embolism
What is the name of the condition that results in the forward slipping of one vertebra on the one below it?
Spondylolisthesis