Exploring Medicine Chapters 16-17

Question 1

Cathode rays are actualy streams of

Answer 1

high speed electrons

Question 2

warned about the dangers of x-rays

Answer 2

Thomas Edison

Question 3

Did Christian Eijkman first believe beriberi to be a dietary disease?

Answer 3

no

Question 4

Roentgen called his discovery x-rays because they were

Answer 4

unknown

Question 5

Christian Eijkman went to ___ to treat beriberi

Answer 5

Java in the Pacific

Question 6

Iodine in the diet prevents what?

Answer 6

goiter

Question 7

invented a barium sulfate milk shake to show soft body parts by x-rays

Answer 7

Walter Cannon

Question 8

Christian Eijkman concluded that beriberi could be prevented by

Answer 8

eating brown rice

Question 9

X-rays are actually streams of

Answer 9

high-power light rays

Question 10

What are some ways x-rays can be used?

Answer 10

find bullets in a body

tell if a leg is broken

find decayed spots on teeth

Question 11

Beriberi means

Answer 11

I cannot

Question 12

discovered x-rays

Answer 12

Wilhelm Roentgen

Question 13

was the first to experiment with high-voltage electrical discharge in a vacuum tube

Answer 13

William Crookes

Question 14

Can a lack of vitamins and minerals in the diet cause serious ilnesses?

Answer 14

yes