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Radiology 3
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1. Darkness or blackness on film. If kVp is increased film will be darker. If decreased - film will be lighter
Coherent Scatter
Density
Canal
Cell sensitivity
2. Cortical bone - radiopaque band above maxillary incisors
Floor of Nasal Cavity
Maxillary sinus
Hamulus
Collimation
3. Produced when an electron hits the nucleus of a tungsten atom or passes very close to the nucleus of a tungsten atom.
General Radiation
Scatter Radiation
Zygoma
Ramus
4. Rounded prominence that appears radiopaque
Tuberosity
Nutrient Canals
Developer Solution
Primary Radiation
5. Bump or nodule that appears radiopaque
Indirect injury
Coherent Scatter
Tubercle
Anterior Nasal Spine
6. Tube that passes through bone - contains nerve canals/blood vessels/and appears radiolucent
Body of Mandible
Kilovoltage peak adjustment
Canal
Tubercle
7. Closed - pointed cone-high production of scatter - not used any longer.
Conical PID
Inverted Y
Total dose
Cell sensitivity
8. Cortical bone; J or U shaped radiopacity
Hamulus
Alveolar Crest
Zygomatic process of maxilla
Long-term effects
9. Between canine and lateral incisor - depression is not always visible - radiolucent
Lateral Fossa
External Oblique Ridge
Cell sensitivity
Process
10. Opening/hole in bone that allows the passage of blood vessels/nerves and appears radiolucent
Foramen
Fixer Solution
Stochastic effects
Median palatine suture
11. Used to decrease voltage from the incoming 110- or 220-line voltage to the 3 to 5 volts used by the filament circuit.
Submandibular Fossa
Radioresistant cells
Step-Down Transformer
Septum
12. Sievart
Mandibular Canal
Added filtration
The conditions required for the darkroom
Rem (Roentgen equivalent (in) man)
13. Bony wall that divides 2 spaces - radiopaque
Radiosensitive cells
Inherent filtration
Septum
Mylohyoid Ridge
14. 'Arranged like a lattice'->soft - spongy bone located between 2 layers of cortical bone; spaces are trabeculae that are filled with bone marrow.
Alveolar Process
Spine
Inherent filtration
Cancellous
15. Reproductive (ova - sperm). Effects are passed on to generations. Genetic damage cannot be repaired
Step-Up Transformer
Contrast
Incisive (Nasopalatine) Foramen
Genetic cells
16. Can increase or decrease the number of electrons passing through the cathode filament
Milliamperage adjustment
Incisive (Nasopalatine) Foramen
Direct Injury
Amount of tissue irradiated
17. Hole in bone below mandibular premolars - blood supply to lower lip exits here; radiolucent; often misdiagnosed for periapical pathology
Free Radical Formation
Mental Foramen
Ridge
Superior Foramina of incisive canal
18. A form of secondary radiation - the result of x-rays that has been deflected from its path by an interaction with matter.
Total dose
Scatter Radiation
Stochastic effects
Genial Tubercles
19. Marked prominence that appears radiopaque.
Genial Tubercles
Coronoid Process
Amount of tissue irradiated
Process
20. More damage can occur in younger or rapidly dividing cells
Cell sensitivity
Nonstochastic (deterministic) effects
Coronoid Process
External Oblique Ridge
21. Used to increase incoming voltage to 65 -000 to 100 -000 volts used by the high-voltage circuit.
Short-term effects
Step-Up Transformer
Maxillary sinus
Total (inherent + added) filtration
22. Produced when a high-speed electron dislodges an inner-shell electron from a tungsten atom and causes ionization of that atom. Occurs only at 70 kVp and above.
Nonstochastic (deterministic) effects
Amount of tissue irradiated
Foramen
Characteristic Radiation
23. Bony prominence posterior to maxillary third molar; radiopaque
Long-term effects
Direct Injury
Maxillary Tuberosity
Incisive (Nasopalatine) Foramen
24. Occurs very little; most photons pass through cell with little or no damage
Compton Scatter
Stochastic effects
Hamulus
Direct Injury
25. Thin - curved areas of bone - radiopacities within nasal cavity and septum
Submandibular Fossa
Mylohyoid Ridge
Long-term effects
Inferior Nasal Conchae
26. Area of body exposed total body produced more adverse effects
Amount of tissue irradiated
Latent Period
Nutrient Canals
The conditions required for the darkroom
27. Internal ridge of mandible muscle attachment - continuous with internal oblique ridge; radiopaque line
Mylohyoid Ridge
Added filtration
Radioresistant cells
Dose Rate
28. 'Cheekbone'; cortical bone; radiopaque band extending from zygomatic process.
Alveolar Process
Kilovoltage peak adjustment
Developer Solution
Zygoma
29. The penetrating x-ray beam that is produced at the target of the anode
Nasal Cavity/Fossa
Primary Radiation
Cancellous
Total (inherent + added) filtration
30. Do not occur in dentistry
Short-term effects
Ramus
Coherent Scatter
Roentgen
31. Reduces exposed silver halide crystals into black metallic silver a makes dark/black areas on film; unexposed silver halide crystals are unaffected by developer
Developer Solution
Rad (Radiation absorbed dose)
Process
Direct Injury
32. Aluminum disks between collimator and tubehead seal. Aluminum disks filter long wavelength - low energy x-rays from x-ray beam. 0.5 mm increments
The conditions required for the darkroom
Coherent Scatter
Genetic cells
Added filtration
33. Depression of bone; submandibular salivary gland found here; radiolucent; below mylohyoid ridge
Fossa
Total dose
Submandibular Fossa
Floor of Nasal Cavity
34. Primary beam passes through glass window - insulating oil - tubehead seal. 0.5 to 1.0 mm of aluminum
Amount of tissue irradiated
Secondary Radiation
Maxillary Tuberosity
Inherent filtration
35. Sharp - thornlike projection that appears radiopaque.
External Oblique Ridge
Spine
Free Radical Formation
Median palatine suture
36. Scooped out of depressed area of bone that appears radiolucent
Mylohyoid Ridge
Fossa
Cell sensitivity
Nutrient Canals
37. Two small openings (radiolucent) found on floor of nasal cavity->common exit is incisive foramen
Mental Foramen
Voltage
Anterior Nasal Spine
Superior Foramina of incisive canal
38. Restricts size and shape of beam to lower patient exposure - Round: cone shaped beam-2.75 inches in diameter - Rectangular: Rectangular beam slightly larger than size 2 film- lowers patient exposure
Median palatine suture
Incisive (Nasopalatine) Foramen
Collimation
Rad (Radiation absorbed dose)
39. Rate which exposure to radiation occurs and absorption occurs (more damage occurs with high dose due to rapid delivery and does not allow for repair)
Step-Up Transformer
Dose Rate
Voltage
Zygoma
40. Bump of bone - muscle attachment; lingual aspect of mandible - 'ring shaped' radiopacitiy below mandibular incisors.
Roentgen
External Oblique Ridge
Fossa
Genial Tubercles
41. Encases/supports teeth
The optimum temperature for manual processing?
Canal
Alveolar Process
Alveolar Crest
42. Pear shaped compartment - appears above maxillary incisors. Appears as a large radiolucent area above the maxilla.
Roentgen
Floor of Nasal Cavity
Spine
Nasal Cavity/Fossa
43. Continues from ramus; radiopaque band
Tubercle
Zygoma
Added filtration
Internal Oblique Ridge
44. Gray
Roentgen
Rad (Radiation absorbed dose)
Latent Period
Radioresistant cells
45. A direct function of the dose. No dose threshold; effects do not depend on the magnitude of the absorbed dose (Examples: cancer and genetic mutations)
Canal
Anterior Nasal Spine
Inverted Y
Stochastic effects
46. Sharper of dark and light areas and how they are separated on film. Low kVp results in high contrast (many white and black areas - very little gray). Useful when diagnosing decay. High kVp results in low contrast (many shades of grade) Useful for per
Step-Down Transformer
Septum
Step-Up Transformer
Contrast
47. Posterior to mandibular third molar
Septa within maxillary sinus
Primary Radiation
Internal Oblique Ridge
Ramus
48. 68 Degrees F
The optimum temperature for manual processing?
Contrast
Stochastic effects
Step-Down Transformer
49. Anterior ramus of mandible; attachment for muscle of mastication; superimposed around maxillary tuberosity.
Coronoid Process
Fossa
Amperage
Nonstochastic (deterministic) effects
50. Cell damage occurs through formation of 'free radicals'. Free radicals are formed when an x-ray photon ionizes water.
Latent Period
Lamina Dura
Direct Injury
Free Radical Formation
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