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DENTAL RADIOGRAPHY WEEKS 1 & 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT | UPDATED 3 major parts of the dental x-ray machine - ANSWER Control panel Extension arm Tubehead (has the PID) What does the acronym CATNAP refer to? - ANSWER Cathode is negative; anode is positive First step in the produc...

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  • October 5, 2024
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  • 2024/2025
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  • dental radiography
  • dental radiography weeks 1 2 questions and answe
  • dental radiography weeks 1 2
  • what does the acronym catnap refer to
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DENTAL RADIOGRAPHY WEEKS 1 & 2 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT | UPDATED 2024-2025
3 major parts of the dental x-ray machine - ANSWER Control panel
Extension arm
Tubehead (has the PID)


What does the acronym CATNAP refer to? - ANSWER Cathode is negative;
anode is positive


First step in the production of x-rays in the x-ray tube - ANSWER The x-ray
machine is turned on and electron clouds are being produced by the molybdenum
cup and tungsten filament. The machine is heated up which is referred to as
thermionic emission.


Second step in the production of x-rays in the x-ray tube - ANSWER The x-ray
exposure button is hit, sending the electrons across to the tungsten plate on the
anode.


Third step in the production of x-rays in the x-ray tube - ANSWER The
electronics hit the tungsten plate. This signifies that x-rays are being produced and
sent out. Only 1% is actual x-ray; the other 99% is heat.


Characteristics of x-rays - ANSWER They are:
Invisible
Weigh less
Without charge

, Traveling at the speed of light
Short wavelengths with a high frequency
Traveling in straight lines and cannot be deflected
Unable to be focused to a point
Able to penetrate liquids, solids, and gases
Absorbed by matter
Able to cause ionization
Able to cause certain substances to fluoresce
Able to produce an image on photographic film
Able to cause biologic changes in living cells


Velocity - ANSWER Speed of the wave


Wavelength - ANSWER Distance between the crest of one wave and the crest
of the next.


Frequency - ANSWER The number of wavelengths that pass a certain point in a
given length of time


In dentistry is radiation or radioactivity used? - ANSWER Radiation


Atoms that gain an electron have a: - ANSWER Negative charge (-)


Atoms that lose an electron have a: - ANSWER Positive charge (+)

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