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Review Questions
Essentials of Radiation Biology and Protection 2nd Edition Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| States that ionizing radiation is more effective against cells which are highly mitotic, immature, and have a long dividing future. | Law of Bergonie and Tribondeau |
| Cell that is unable to continue repeated divisions after being irradiated. | Reproductive Failure |
| The unit for absorbed dose. | Rad |
| Division of biology concerned with effects of ionizing radiation on living things. | Radiobiology |
| Hair loss. | Epilation |
| The splitting of radiation into smaller amounts over a period of time. | Fractionation |
| A result of ionization and excitation, an interaction that happens directly on a critical biologic macromolecule | Direct Effect |
| Reddening of the skin | Erythema |
| A cell interaction that occurs when the initial ionizing incident takes place on a distant noncritical molecule, which then transfers the ionization of energy to another molecule | Indirect Effect |
| The causing of genetic mutation by radiation | Mutagenesis |
| The capability of a material to give off rays or particles from its nucleus | Radioactivity |
| The unit of dose equivalent or occupational exposure | rem |
| A unit of radiation exposure descriptive of x- or gamma radiation, the quantity of which would produce a charge | Roentgen |
| The Law of Bergonie and Tribondeau states: | That stem cells are more radiosensitive than mature cells |
| What is the unit of dose equivalent or occupational exposure? | rem |
| What is very radiosensitive? | A fetus |
| The unit of radiation quantity is: | Roentgen |
| Which researcher discovered mutations related to exposure to ionizing radiation? | Muller |
| Radiation-induced skin reddening is the definition of: | Erythema |
| Which researcher died due to cumulative effcts of radiation? | Clarence Dally |