Dental Radiology Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions

Dental Radiology Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions Radiation - Answer️️ -a form of energy carried by waves or stream of particles X-radiation - Answer️️ -a high-engery radiation produced by the collision of beam of electrons with a metal taget in an x-ray tube X-ray - Answer️️ -a beam of energy that has the power to penetrate substances and record image shadows on photographic film or digital sensors Radiology - Answer️️ -the scince or study of radiation as used in medicine Radiograph - Answer️️ -a two-dimensional respresentation of a three- dimensional object Dental Radiograph - Answer️️ -a photographic image produced on an image receptor by the passage of x-rays through teeth and related structures Radiography - Answer️️ -the art and science of making radiographs by the exposure of film to x-rays ©SOPHIABENNET@2024/2025 Tuesday, August 20, 2024 10:21 AM 2 Dental Radiography - Answer️️ -the production of radiographs of the teeth and adjacent structures by the exposure of an image recerptor to x- rays Dental Radiographer - Answer️️ -any person who positions, exposes, and processes dental x-ray image receptors Collimator - Answer️️ -lead plate with a center hole that fits direcctly over the opening of the metal housing where x-rays exit X-ray Tube - Answer️️ -heart of the x-ray generating system Tube Head - Answer️️ -the tightly sealed heavy metal housing that contains the dental x-ray tube (holds the tube) Tungsten Target - Answer️️ -focal spot that converts election into photons or x-rays form (medal used for target) Tungsten Filament - Answer️️ -coils of tungsten that produces electrons when heated Oil - Answer️️ -surrounds x-ray tube and transformers (heat created during x-rays) Unleaded Glass Window - Answer️️ -a leaded-glass vacuum tube that prevents x-rays from escaping in all directions (x-rays exit) Aluminum Filters - Answer️️ -placed in the path of the x-ray beam PID (Cone) - Answer️️ -open end lead line cylinder, retangular in shapes and sizes (16 long) ©SOPHIABENNET@2024/2025 Tuesday, August 20, 2024 10:21 AM 3 Copper Stem - Answer️️ -dissipates heat away from tungsten target Tube Head Seal (Aluminum) - Answer️️ -permits exit of x-rays from the tube head (seals the oil) Molybdenum Cup - Answer️️ -focus electrons into a narrow beam and directs that beam across the tube toward the tungsten taget of the anode Vacuum - Answer️️ -where you remove air Cathode - Answer️️ -negative electrade or charge