-Anatomic part of the human male that contains both mature and immature spermatogonia - Answers -
Testes
-Ovarian stem cells that multiply to millions of cells only during fetal development, before birth, and
then steadily decline in number though out life - Answers -Oogonia
-Type of white blood cells that act as scavengers to fight bacteria - Answers -Granulocytes
-The study of cell genetics with emphasis on cell chromosomes - Answers -Cytogenetics
-Term that is synonymous with bone marrow syndrome - Answers -Hematopoietic
-The workers and firefighters at Chernobyl are examples of humans who died as a result of this acute
radiation syndrome - Answers -Gastrointestinal
-Outer layer of skin - Answers -Epidermis
-Diffused redness that appears over an area of skin after irradiation - Answers -Erythema
-What LD 50/30, LD 50/60, and LD 100/60 are used to measure - Answers -Lethality
-Red blood cells that initiate blood clotting and prevent hemorrhage - Answers -Thrombocytes
-White blood cells that play an active role in producing immunity for the body by producing antibodies
to combat disease - Answers -Lymphocytes
-Medical term that means a collection of symptoms - Answers -Syndrome
-Process of shrinking of organs and tissue - Answers -Atrophy
-Term to describe poorly oxygenated cells - Answers -Hypoxic
-X-rays in the energy range of 10-20 kVp that were once used to treat skin disease such as ringworm -
Answers -Grenz
-Stage of illness in acute radiation syndrome when symptoms that were not visible in the week
preceding this stage will become visible - Answers -Manifest stage
-Term that is synonymous with nonstochastic - Answers -Deterministic
-Chromosomes having two centromeres - Answers -Dicentric
-Effects of radiation not common in diagnostic imaging - Answers -Early Effects
-Loss of hair - Answers -Epilation
, -Boston dentist who began investigating the hazards of radiation exposure and became the first known
advocate of radiation protection - Answers -Rollins
-Synonymous term used to describe the initial stage of ARS - Answers -Prodromal
-Type of radiation therapy that provides significant evidence of skin damage - Answers -Orthovoltage
-Red blood cells that through their hemoglobin carry oxygen from the lungs to all body tissues and cells
as blood circulates - Answers -Erythrocytes
-Specialized, non-dividing cells that are relatively radioresistant - Answers -Mature spermatogonia
-Early somatic effects on organ systems that result from high doses of radiation - Answers -Deterministic
effects
A single precursor cell from which all cells of the hematopoietic system develop - Answers -
Pluripotential stem cell
-Form of ARS that occurs when humans receive whole-body-doses of ionizing radiation ranging from 1-
10 Gyt - Answers -Bone marrow syndrome
-Functions as an ongoing regeneration system for the human body; is relatively radiosensitive - Answers
-Skin
-Immature female germ cells - Answers -Oocytes
-Population inadvertently subject to high levels of fallout during an atomic bomb test in 1954 - Answers -
Marshall Islanders
-Results when an organ or tissue fails to recover from radiation exposure - Answers -Necrosis, or Death
-What radiation exposure causes the number of red cells , white blood cells, and platelets in the
circulating blood to do - Answers -Decrease
-An abnormal decrease in white blood corpuscels, usually below 5000/mm^3 - Answers -Leukopenia
-Period during the female menstrual cycle when a mature follicle releases an ovum - Answers -Ovulation
-Form of ARS that appears at a threshold dose of approximately 6 Gyt - Answers -Gastrointestinal
Syndrome
-Whole-body dose of ionizing radiation that can be lethal to 50% of an exposed population within 30
days - Answers -LD 50/30
-Middle layer of skin - Answers -Dermis