Ch 1

Question 0

X-radiation

Answer 0

A high energy radiation produced by the collision of a beam of electrons with a metal target in an X-ray tube

Question 1

Radiation

Answer 1

A form of energy carried by waves or a stream of particles

Question 2

X-ray

Answer 2

A beam of energy that has the power to penetrate substances and record image shadows on photographic film or digital sensors

Question 3

Radiology

Answer 3

The study of x-radiation for diagnostic purposes

Question 4

Radiograph

Answer 4

Two-dimensional representation of a three dimensional object

Question 5

Dental radiograph

Answer 5

Photographic image produced on an image receptor by the passage of X-rays trough teeth and related structures

Question 6

Radiography

Answer 6

The art an science of making radiographs by the exposure of film to X-rays

Question 7

Dental radiography

Answer 7

The production of radiographs of the teeth and adjacent structures by the exposure of an image receptor to X-rays

Question 8

Dental radiographer

Answer 8

Any person who positions, exposes, and processes dental x ray image receptors