Learning Activity: Safety

1. ______occurs when an energy source contains sufficient energy to remove an electron from an orbital shell.
5. A skin response to exposure known as hair loss is called_____.
7. Reduction in the intensity of the x-ray beam is known as ____.
10. The radiation protection barrier in which the primary beam is directed toward is an example of a _____ barrier.
12. Genetic effects of radiation represent a linear ______ curve.
13. Tissue is MOST sensitive to radiation when it is ______.
15. Coherent scatter is also known as _____ scatter.
16. “All-or-nothing” radiation effects describe _______ effects
17. Radiation that passes through the tube housing in directions other than that of the useful beam is ______ radiation.
18. Temporary infertility is an example of a ______ effect.
19. X-rays travel at the speed of ____

2. The biologic effect that occurs when ionization takes place in cellular water and results in the formation of a free radical is ______ effect.
3. A positively charged ion is a ____.
4. The quality of an x-ray beam refers to its ability to _____.
6. The single most important source of scattered radiation in radiography and fluoroscopy is the ____.
8. Atoms that have the same atomic number but different mass numbers are ____.
9. Radiation protection barriers that are designed to protect from leakage and scattered radiation are known as _____ barriers.
10. _____ absorption occurs when an x-ray is completely absorbed by an inner-shell electron
11. The ____ effect occurs when an x-ray removes an electron from its outer shell and proceeds in a different direction.
14. The ___ of an x-ray beam refers to the number of x-ray photons exiting the beam.