Bones of the Body
This bone is located beneath the talus:
Calcaneus
The quantity of x-rays produced is directly controlled by:
mAs
A patient who complains of dysphagia has difficulty:
Swallowing
What is the Myelin sheath?
Fatty insulation covering of the axon
The sharpness with which anatomic structures are displayed in an image defines:
Spatial Resolution
The talus distributes body weight from the:
tibia to the tarsals.
Current that flows back and forth is called:
AC
For optimal Safety, what type of exposure technique should be used?
High kVp, low mAs
Nervous system cells are called:
neurons
Radiographic grids are used to:
clean up scatter radiation before it reaches the IR.
The elbow has what type of movement?
Hinge
To what height must in-wall secondary protective barriers extend?
The ceiling
Gonadal shielding may reduce male gonad dose by up to:
95%
Define Autoimmunity:
Immune system attacks own body
For optimum spatial resolution, focal-spot size should be:
Small
This is located on the superior border of the manubrium:
jugular notch.
The unit of absorbed dose is the:
Gray
Which of the following kinds of infection transmission occur secondary to touching?
Contact transmission
One of the most common area for metastasis for osteosarcomas is to the:
Lung
The distance from the object being imaged to the image receptor is:
OID
To overcome the anteversion of the femoral necks when obtaining an AP projection of the pelvis, the feet should be:
rotated internally about 15 degrees.
Magnification may be caused by:
short SID.
A type of shock that may follow injection of iodinated contrast media is:
anaphylactic
TIA stands for:
Transient Ischemic Attack
In computed radiography, image brightness may be adjusted by:
changing the window level.