fight or flight- heartbeat accelerates and blood pressure rises;
hormones rush to blood stream to send sugar to muscles and
1st primal stress
brain; food digestion temporarily ceases more blood is available
for energy; ex. stage fright
Obtaining food; how are you going to feed yourself; persuasion,
bartering, searching and producing; not-life threatening but can
2nd Primal Stress
be painful stress; when food is withheld you may feel love being
withheld too
death; inevitable you will die; all must rely on personal coping
3rd Primal Stress
mechanisms regardless of what they are to get by
Abraham Maslow noted psychologist; classified human needs based on a hierarchy
embrace "appropriate" attitudes, beliefs, and feelings toward what
affective domain
you are learning, what you are doing, and how you are doing them
AIDET Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, Thank you
ALARA as low as reasonably achievable
body is erect with arms at the side, with palms of the hands facing
anatomic position
forward and feet side by side
positively charged electrode that serves to decelerate e- and to
anode
store and dissipate heat
anter, anteri before or front
anterior pertaining to the front
process through which an agency grants recognition to an
ARRT certification
individual upon demonstration of specialized professional skills
from greek auto-nomos meaning one who gives oneself their own
law; each person is entitled to determine their own destiny; basic
autonomy
right to self determination including the right to make informed
decisions concerning their own body
the average background radiation per person is 370 millirems per
background radiation
year
remove and prevent evil and harm; do and promote good;
requires individual to perform some action either to prevent harm
beneficence
or to do good; may require health professional to take a stand
against another or to intercede for the patient's well-being
authorized by law to operate a hospital; made up up of member of
board of directors the community who volunteer their services and may not profit
from their service
Bremsstrahlung radiation occurs when high speed e- passes near nucleus of an atom
carcin cancer
cardinal principles of radiation time, distance, shielding
protection
cathode negatively charged electrode that serves as source of e-
, NVCC RAD 105 FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
caud toward the tail, down, downward
caudad toward the tail
central nervous system syndrome nerve cells are the least sensitive to radiation
cephal up, upward, toward the head
cephalad toward the head
certain skills and personal cheerful outgoing personality, clear communication, complete
qualities needed to do the job competency, thorough knowledge
expected of you
voluntary process; responsibility of person not school or
employer; set requirements of recognition of professionals
certification
through registration certification by examination; fees are changed
for the service; annual fees charged for continued recognition
occurs when an incident e- ejects an orbital e- from an inner shell
Characteristic radiation
of an atom in the bombarded material
can be filed if patient is apprehensive of injury by the imprudent
civil assault
conduct of the radiographer
actual bodily harm has been inflicted on a patient as a result of
civil battery intentional physical contact between a health care provider and a
patient
cognitive domain learn the facts and theories according to the textbook lecture
a rotating x-ray tube connected to a computerized imaging system
Computed Tomography
that produces cross sectional images of the human body
5-digit code specifying procedure that was done; exams must
CPT codes
match the procedure codes for accurate reimbursement
define the goal; note your observations; list possible options and
critical thinking steps
their consequences; select the best available option
cyt cell
replacing darkroom film processing systems, it provides a
computerized imaging system that permits LCD screen viewing,
Digital Imaging
eliminates cassettes; eliminates x-ray film; post-acquisition image
enhancement; filmless image archives
disease disorder of bodily functions; the pattern of response to an injury
dist away from the point of attachment
distal pertaining to away from the point of attachment
change in the size or shape compared to the actual size or shape
distortion
of the object itself
dors back
dorsal pertaining to the back
pertaining to the anterior aspect of the foot or posterior surface of
dorsum
the hand
employees and students over age 18; whole body 5 rem/yr;
dose limits students under age 18 educational settings 0.1 rem/yr; pregnant
women 0.5 for entire pregnancy