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x-ray definition - Answer-beam of energy that has power to penetrate substances and record image
shadows on image receptors



radiology definition - Answer-the science/study of radiation



Radiograph definition - Answer-an image produced by the passage of x-rays through an object/body



a dental radiograph has what on it? - Answer-teeth



Radiography definition - Answer-making radiographs by exposure of film to x-rays



radiographer is any person who - Answer-postions, exposes, and processes x-ray films



uses of dental images - Answer-detect/confirm/localize lesions, decay, tumors

provides info we cannot see with naked eye

evaluate growth

aid in development of treatment plan



who discovered the x-ray? - Answer-Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

,When did Wilhelm Roentgen discover x-rays? - Answer-November 8th, 1895



what was wilhelm roentgen's first radiograph of? - Answer-his wife's hand (took 15 minutes)



Matter definition - Answer-Anything that has mass and takes up space



the nucleus of an atom is - Answer-the core of an atom



Protons are ______ charged - Answer-positively



electrons are ______ charged - Answer-negatively



neutrons have - Answer-no charge



atomic weight/mass is - Answer-the number of protons plus the number of neutrons



atomic number is the - Answer-number of protons in the nucleus



an element is a - Answer-simple subtance made up of only one atom



molecules are - Answer-two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds



electrons travel around the nucleus in - Answer-well-defined paths

, an atom contains _ shells - Answer-7



range of shells of electrons - Answer-K-Q



What shell is closest to the nucleus? - Answer-K shell



an ion is an atom that - Answer-gains or losses an electron



ionization is the conversion of - Answer-atom into ions



ionization is also the production of - Answer-ions



An ion pair is formed when - Answer-an electron is removed



in an ion pair, when an electron is removed the atom is now - Answer-positive



radiation is - Answer-emission and propagation of energy thru space or substance in the form of
waves/particles



radioactivity is the process by which - Answer-certain unstable atoms or elements undergo spontaneous
disintegration /decay



ionizing radiation is - Answer-radiation capable of producing ions by removing/adding electrons



particulate radiation have tiny particles that _____ mass - Answer-have

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