What is the kVp required when x-ray of an elbow is requested.
What is 60 kVp.
100
An order on the patients chart and signed by the Doctor that orders staff not to perform CPR or call the emergency team if the patient expires.
What is a DNR (Do not Resuscitate)
100
A blue discoloration of the skin
What is cyanosis
100
Discovered X-rays on November 8, 1895
Who is Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
200
Fog, Scatter Radiation, and Artifacts are all considered to be what?
What is Noise
200
When performing a pelvis examination this should be done in order to visualize the femoral neck.
What is invert the toes 15-20 degrees.
200
Patient laying supine with head lower than the rest of their body
What is Trendelenburg position
200
Surgical procedure for removal of the gallbladder
What is Cholecystectomy
200
The unit of radiation dose absorbed by the patient
What is Rad
300
An invisible form of radiant energy that travels at the speed of light.
What is X-ray
300
Examination that includes: PA Upright CXR, Upright AP Abdomen, Supine AP Abdomen.
What is Acute Abdominal Series
300
An infection that is acquired in the course of medical care.
What is a nosocomial infection
300
Meaning Above the pubic bone
What is Suprapubic
300
These have the smallest wave lenths and the most energy of any other wave in the electromagnetic spectrum.
What is a Gamma Ray
400
Radiation resulting from the braking of a projectile electron by the nucleus.
What is Bremsstrahlung radiation
400
Degree of angle needed for the central ray when performing an AP Axial Sacrum.
What is 15 degrees cranial
400
The complete removal of microorganisms and their spores from the surface of an object.
What is surgical asepsis
400
Name for a red blood cell
What is Erythrocyte
400
Law that states "The radiosensitivity of cells is directly proportional to their reproductive activity and inversely proportional to their degree of differentiation."
What is The law of Bergonie and Tribundeau
500
The reduction of x-ray intensity as it travels through the body.
What is Attenuation or Absorption.
500
Sinuses that can be seen on a PA Axial Caldwell projection for Sinuses.
What is Frontal, Ethmoid, Maxillary and Sphenoid Sinuses
500
This can be measured in four different areas of the body. (oral, tympanic, rectal, or axillary)
What is body temperature.
500
Name for membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord.
What are Meninges
500
The study of the effect of irradiation inside the cell or body