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Physics
Parts of the Tubehead
Taking X-Rays
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Wild
100
Negatively charged particle
What is an ELECTRON
100
Controls the size and shape of the x-ray beam
What is the collimator?
100
The type of x-ray taken to look for interproximal decay
What is BITEWING
100
Electron release from the filament forming a cloud
What is thermionic emission?
100
The dose of radiation that a body is permitted to receive in a specific period of time.
What is the maximum permissible dose (MPD)?
200
The process that occurs when an x-ray pushes an electron out of its orbit
What is ionization
200
The place where electrons are generated
What is the cathode?
200
This x-ray shows the entire tooth from incised edge to beyond the apex
What is periapical?
200
The time that elapses between exposure to radiation and the appearance of clinical signs
What is the latent period?
200
The smallest particle of a substance that retains the property of the original substance
What is a molecule?
300
Travels through space at the speed of light in a straight line with a wavelike motion
What is a photon?
300
Where electrons are converted into photons
What is the focal spot
300
If teeth appear overlapped on a radiograph, this is wrong.
What is horizontal angulation?
300
Small doses of radiation absorbed over a long period of time
What is chronic radiation exposure?
300
Composed of protons and neutrons.
What is the nucleus?
400
These damaged cells can be passed on to future generations
What are genetic cells?
400
What percent of energy is converted to x-rays?
What is 1%?
400
The image is shorter or longer if this is wrong
What is vertical angulation?
400
The sum of inherent and added filtration.
What is total filtration?
400
These are formed when a photon ionizes water
What are free radicals?
500
The shorter the _____, the great it's energy
What is wavelength?
500
Type of radiation that comes from the target of the x-ray tube?
What is PRIMARY radiation?
500
A type of x-ray that is stabilized when a patient closes on the surface of a film
What is an OCCLUSAL x-ray?
500
The x-rays in the center of the beam
What is the central ray?
500
Most x-rays produced this way. When an electron hits or passes close to the nucleus
What is general radiation?