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Radiology
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Subjects
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health-sciences
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radiology
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. AgBr + light =
40
intussusception
screens (phosphor layer)
screen film
2. Is the electrical current that heats the filament
true
milliamperage
14 x 17
x-rays
3. NYSVMS Facility Accreditation Standards
alopecia
grid
lines per centimeter
NYS Public Health Law #225
4. When the density difference is great - there is
focal film distance
white
high contrast
clinical signs
5. What type of films need a lot more x-ray exposure and more time to expose them
non-screen
pneumocystogram
focal spot
diskospondylitis
6. X-ray machines come with a set one - we cannot adjust it
nucleus pulposis
focal spot
milliamperage
large crystals - small crystals
7. What is the term for a negative contrast cystogram where we inject air
FFD
milliamperage
pneumocystogram
mAs
8. Is only 1/3 the size of the actual focal spot
spondylosis
cathode
effective focal spot
false
9. Is the source of electrons
cathode
short scale of contrast
cervical
speed
10. Measures the power of penetrability (quality) of the x-rays produced
phosphor layer dyes
focal spot
kVp
cathode
11. If there's bone in the way of an x-ray -. those parts would be
2
whiter
iodine
lead cone and adjustable lead shutters
12. The smaller the focal spot
black
the sharper the radiograph
stops peristalsis
genetic damage
13. When processing film - the black areas are made of
metallic silver
0.5mm
AgBr
cathode
14. When more electrons hit the focal spot on the anode
more x-rays produced
white
stops peristalsis
false
15. What is the term for when the animal's bowel engulfs a piece of bowel distal to it - causing blockage
black
inflammation an granuloma
intussusception
grid focus
16. A layer of intensifying screen that reflects the light from the phosphor layer toward the film
adjustable lead shutters
whiter
the higher the mA
reflective layer
17. If there's far or muscle in the way of an x-ray - those parts would be
grey
focal spot
genetic and somatic
wobblers syndrome
18. Infection of a disk - or bone near it
10 cm
decrease scatter radiation
fixer
diskospondylitis
19. Increased thickness of this leads to increased x-ray absorption and increased visible light emission from the crystals
true
phosphor layer
adjustable lead shutters
lead cone and adjustable lead shutters
20. Slowly growing dividing cells are the most sensitive to the effects of ionizing radiaton
false
double contrast
0.5mm
spondylosis
21. The back of the cassette is made of lead to decrease....
x-rays
collimator
focal spot
back scatter
22. The effective focal spot is only 1/3 the size of the actual focal spot. this is called the
primary
line focus principle
medium or par
grid cutoff
23. The x-ray machine we've been using has a rotating anode
true
somatic damage
false
mAs
24. MAs for extremities
genetic damage
true
5
rotating anode
25. For bladder cystography - we use what contrast material instead of barium
hypaque
somatic damage
10
true
26. If the kVp is too low
sensitive cells
effective focal spot
intensifying screens
no contrast
27. When a body part is greater than or equal to.....you should use a grid
aluminum
heel effect
rapidly dividing
10 cm
28. We are supposed to use a grid if the abdomen is greater than or equal to......
10 cm
x-rays
heel effect
pneumocystogram
29. What needs to have high levels of x-ray to light conversion with the correct energy and color for the type of film used
screens (phosphor layer)
speed
x-rays
effective focal spot
30. Types of cell damage
spondylosis
FFD
5
genetic and somatic
31. If barium leaks into the abdomen or lungs - it can cause what
inflammation an granuloma
peak kilovoltage
erythema
rotating anode
32. What is one of the most common area of occurance for spinal problems (15% dobermans)
cervical
speed
0.25mm
joint mouse
33. Screens are classified according to
non-screen
radiograph
effective focal spot
speed
34. The 2 types of collimators are
lead cone and adjustable lead shutters
non-screen
focal spot
focused and unfocused or parallel
35. Affects both density and contrast
kVp
the sharper the radiograph
grid cutoff
grid cutoff
36. Has a positive charge
scatter radiation
high contrast
anode
true
37. What type of cystogram uses air and hypaque
fluoroscopy
double contrast
focal film distance
reflective layer
38. When the AgBr reacts and ionizes with light or x-rays - than at this point - What is on the film is known as the
latent image
fluoroscopy
10
phosphor layer
39. With the heel effect - more x-rays tend to be produced toward the cathode end
true
40
cathode
increase density
40. Growth - gonadal - neoplastic - and metabolically active cells are what kind of cells
rapidly dividing
decrease scatter radiation
SOP
10 cm
41. Loss of movement in legs (front and/or back)
fluoroscopy
radiograph
genetic damage
paralysis
42. Areas on film that should be black but come out grey - due to storage
double contrast
more light
fogging
slow
43. Calcium 'bridges' between adjacent vertebrae
whiter
spondylosis
15
hypaque
44. Extra vertebrae - scoliosis - fused vertebrae are all examples of
speed
abnormalities
spondylosis
phosphor type
45. Increased crystal size.....
milliamperage
anode
more light
genetic and somatic
46. Is influenced by quantity of x-rays(mAs) - quality of x-rays (kVp) - type and thickness of tissue being x-rayed
fluoroscopy
4 ft
false
density
47. Bone - lymphatic cells - epitheilial - and hemopoietic cells are also what kind of cell?
sensitive cells
mAs
decrease scatter radiation
fluoroscopy
48. What needs to have high levels of x-ray absorbtion
screens (phosphor layer)
heel effect
hypaque
true
49. What spinal problem do doberman's get
wobblers syndrome
unexposed AgBr
aluminum
stationary and rotating
50. The mAs has to do with the power of the x-rays produced
true
false
line focus principle
AgBr