Across
- 3. What type of contrast produces many shades of gray with low visual contrast.
- 5. The number of x-rays produced in the dental x-ray unit.
- 6. These describe the number of electrons flowing through the d-ray machine.
- 9. This scatter has x-radiation with matter in which the x-ray photon collides with a loosely bound, outer shell electron and gives up part of its energy to eject the electron from its orbit.
- 10. the absorbed dose of radiation is measured in this old unit.
- 11. The x-ray beam spreads as the distance from the unit.
- 12. The overall blackness of an image.
- 13. This scatter has the path of a low energy photon that interacts with an outer shell electron and no scatter radiation is produced.
Down
- 1. Filtration is made from
- 2. Children are _____ sensitive to radiation.
- 4. The distance between the crest of one wave and the crest of the next.
- 5. Describes the penetrating ability of the x-rays.
- 7. A tiny negatively charged particle that has very little mass.
- 8. water is broken into free radicals, which are unstable and highly reactive.
- 11. Rapid turnover or mitosis ______ tissue damage.