Intro Rad Pro Week 2 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| The Law of ____ states that the radiosensitivity of living tissue is a function of the metabolism and maturation of that tissue. | Bergonie and Tribondeau |
| Tissue that are ___ with a ___ metabolic rate are more radiosensitive. | immature, high |
| ___ is a measure of the rate that energy is transferred from ionizing radiation to soft tissue. | LET |
| As LET ____ the RBE____. | Increases, increases |
| A protracted dose of radiation is given | all at one short exposure |
| The LET of diagnostic x-rays is ___ keV/im. | 3.0 |
| The RBE of diagnostic x-rays is equal to__. | 1 |
| Tissue is ___ radiosensitive under high oxygen conditions and ___ radiosensitive under hypoxic conditions. | More, less |
| Fractionation and protraction are used for radiation therapy beacuse they allow the patient to | (All of the above) Recover between doses, have higher total doses, repair damaged tissues |
| Humans are most radiosensitve during. | Fetal stages |
| The possible beneficial effect of small amount of radiation is called | hormesis |
| A ___ response to radiation is directly proportional to the dose received. | Linear |
| If a response to radiation is expected no matter how small the dose, then that dose-response is | nonthreshold |
| Radiation-induced genetic damage follows a ___ dose-response relationship | linear-nonthreshold |
| The human dose-response relationship at low ranges of radiation is calculated using | extrapolation from high ranges |
| The most radiosensitive macromolecule is___ | DNA |
| The disassociation of water molecules following irradiation is termed___ | radiolysis |
| When an atom of water is irradiated, it first dissociates into | an ion pair |
| Two OH* free radicals can join to form____ molecules | Hydrogen peroxide |
| According to target theory, the target molecule of a cell is | the DNA in the nucleus |
| An indirect effect from ionizing radiation occurs on a ____ molecule | water |
| A hit to a cell target can occur from a(n)____ effect. | Both indirect and direct |
| The probability of a hit increased with___ oxygen and ____ LET radiation. | High, High |
| The principal radiation interactions within the human body are assumed to be | indirect effects |
| _____ are very large molecules that sometimes consist of hundreds of thousands of atoms. | Macromolecules |
| Two smaller units of metabolism | Catabolism and Anabolism |
| The chief function of _____ in the body is to provide fuel for cell metabolism | Carbohydrates |
| ___ is the radiation-sensitive target molecule | DNA |
| Only adenine-______ and _____-guaine base bonding is possible in DNA. | thymine, cytosine |
| Radiation-induced chromosome damage is analyzed during ______ | metaphase |
| _____ is the process whereby genetic cells undergo reduction division | Meiosis |
| _____ are more sensitive to radiation than mature cells | Stem cells |
| Dose ___ and ____ cause less effect because time is allowed for intracellular repair and tissue recovery | protraction, fractionation |
| ____ _____ imaging is performed under conditions of full oxygenation. | Diagnostic x-ray |
| _______ occurs when cell dies before replicating | Interphase death |
| The combined processes of ______ and _____ contribute to recovery from radiation damage | intracellular repair, repopulation |
| Radiation-induced cancer, leukemia and genetic effects follow a ________ close-response relationship | linear-nonthreshould |
| At low radiation doses, _____ are considered to be the cellular radiation damage that results in the late radiation effects observed at the whole-body level. | point lesions |
| ____ is the most radiosensitive molecules | DNA |
| The reduction of nutrient molecules for energy | catabolism |
| The production of large molecules for form and function | anabolism |
| _______ occurs when cell dies before replicating | Interphase death |
| The combined processes of ______ and _____ contribute to recovery from radiation damage | intracellular repair, repopulation |
| Radiation-induced cancer, leukemia and genetic effects follow a ________ close-response relationship | linear-nonthreshould |
| At low radiation doses, _____ are considered to be the cellular radiation damage that results in the late radiation effects observed at the whole-body level. | point lesions |
| ____ is the most radiosensitive molecules | DNA |
| The reduction of nutrient molecules for energy | catabolism |
| The production of large molecules for form and function | anatoblism |
| Diagnostic x ray beams always result in a ________ exposure which is less harmful than whole body exposure | partial body |
| The immediate response of radiation sickness is the ____ period | prodromal |
| The ____ period is the time after exposure during which there is no sign of radiation sickness | latent |
| The _____ syndrome is characterized by a reduction in white cell, red cells, and platelets | hematologic |
| Acute radiation lethality follows a -______, _____ does-response relationship | nonlinear, threshold |
| ____ is the shrinkage of an organ or tissue due to cell death | Atrophy |
| The most radiosensitive cell during female germ cell development is the ____ in the mature follicle | oocyte |
| the _____ and the ______ are the most radiosensitive cells in the body | lymphocytes, spermatogonia |
| Dose response relationship, any dose, regardless of its size, is expected to produce a response | nonthreshold |
| A ___ _____ is an unchanged molecule that contains a single unparied electron in the outer shell | free radical |
| If the initial ionizing event occurs on the target molecule, the effect of radiation is? | direct |
| For a cell to die after radiation exposure, its target molecule must be inactivated | Target theory |
| Threshold Dose: Death | Whole body 200rad/2 Gy |
| Threshold Dose: Hematologic depression | Whole body 25rad/250 mGy |
| Threshold Dose: Skin erythema | Small field 200rad/ 2 Gy |
| Threshold Dose: Epilation | Small field 300rad/ 3 Gy |
| Threshold Dose: Chromosome abberration | Whole body 5 rad/50 mGy |
| Threshold dose: Gonadal dysfunction | Local tissue 10 rad/100 mGy |
| Diagnostic x ray beams always result in ___ _____ exposure, which is less harmful than ____ ____ exposure | partial body, whole body |
| Three acute radiation syndromes | hematologic death, GI death, and CNS death |
| Acute radiation lethality: Prodromal | >100rad Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea |
| Acute radiation lethality: Latent | 100 to 10,000rad None |
| Acute radiation lethality: hematologic | 200 to 1000rad Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, anemia, leukopenia, hemoorhage, fever, infection |
| Acute radiation lethality: GI | 1000 to 5000rad Same as hematologic plus, electrolyte imbalance, lethargy, fatigue, shock |
| Acute radiation lethality: CNS | >5000rad Same as GI plus, ataxia, edema, system vasculitis, meningitis |
| Relative risk | observed cases divided by expected cases |
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