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DENTAL RADIOLOGY VOCABULARY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT | UPDATED
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DENTAL RADIOLOGY VOCABULARY QUESTIONSAND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT | UPDATED 2024-2025
Collimation - ANSWER The process of narrowing the beam of radiation
Coulomb per kilogram - ANSWER The measurement of the amount of radiation
it takes to ionize a cubic centimeter of air
Filltration - ANSWER Removes the low energy long wave lengths
Gray - ANSWER Measures the dose (higher KVP's)
Ionization - ANSWER Process by which electrons are removed from atoms
causing harmful effects of radiation in humans
Joule - ANSWER The amount of energy absorbed
Maximum permissible dose - ANSWER .05 temper year- or 100 mrem/week
radiation without harm
Primary Radiation - ANSWER Most penetrating beam produced at the target of
an anode
Scattered radiation - ANSWER A form of secondary radiation that occurs when
an x-ray beam has been deflected from its path
, Seiverts(SV) - ANSWER Measures the effect
Film speed - ANSWER The sensitivity of the emotion on the film to radiation
Edentulous - ANSWER Having no teeth
Bite wing - ANSWER X-ray that shows coronall portions of both arches in one
film
Periapical - ANSWER X-ray that shows the crown root apex surrounding
structures in one film
Contrast - ANSWER The differences in degrees of blackness on a radiograph
Density - ANSWER The overall darkness or blackness of radiograph
Magnification - ANSWER The proportional enlargement of radiographic image
Latent image - ANSWER The invisible image on the x-ray film after Exposure
but before processing
Anatomic landmarks - ANSWER Antomicsl factor constant existing on humans
Elongation - ANSWER Insignificant vertical angle
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