Disease Transmission and Infection Prevention Vocabulary Flashcards
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| ALARA concept | show 🗑
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| show | The positive electrode in the x-ray tube.
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| Atom | show 🗑
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| show | “Braking radiation.” The sudden deceleration of electrons as they interact with highly positively charged nuclei.
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| Contrast | show 🗑
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| Control panel | show 🗑
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| Density | show 🗑
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| show | Change in the size of an image caused by incorrect vertical angulation.
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| Dose (of radiation) | show 🗑
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| Dosimeter | show 🗑
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| show | A negatively charged particle in the atom
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| Energy | show 🗑
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| show | Flexible arm that is attached to the x-ray tubehead.
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| show | Effects of radiation that are passed on to future generations through genetic cells.
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| Image Film | show 🗑
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| Image receptor | show 🗑
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| show | The total energy of the x-ray beam.
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| Ion (EYE-on) | show 🗑
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| show | Process by which electrons are removed from atoms, causing the harmful effects of radiation in humans.
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| Ionizing (EYE-uh-nye-zing) radiation | show 🗑
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| Kilovoltage (KIL-uh-voel-tuj) peak (kVp) | show 🗑
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| Latent (LAY-tent) period | show 🗑
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| show | Device used to protect the reproductive and blood-forming tissues from scatter radiation.
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| show | The proportional enlargement of an image.
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| Master switch, indicator light, selector buttons, exposure button | show 🗑
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| show | Anything that occupies space and has form or shape.
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| show | One one-thousandth (1/1000) of an ampere; a unit of measurement used to describe the intensity of an electrical current.
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| show | The blurred or indistinct area that surrounds an image.
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| show | A device that measures exposure of personnel to ionizing radiation by measuring the intensity of visible light emitted from a crystal in the detector when heated. The intensity of light emitted is dependent upon the radiation exposure.
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| Photon (FOE-ton) | show 🗑
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| Primary beam | show 🗑
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| Primary radiation | show 🗑
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| show | The mean energy or penetrating ability of the x-ray beam.
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| show | The number of x-rays produced in the dental unit; the quantity of x-rays produced is controlled by milliamperage
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| show | Forms of waves of energy emission through space or material.
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| show | Image produced on photosensitive film by exposing the film to radiation and then processing it.
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