Exploring Medicine Chapters 16-18

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Walter Cannon

Question 2

Christian Eijkman concluded that beriberi could be prevented by

Answer 2

eating brown rice

Question 3

Pitchblende is an ore of

Answer 3

uranium

Question 4

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

Answer 4

no

Question 5

discovered x-rays

Answer 5

Wilhelm Roentgen

Question 6

X-rays are actually streams of

Answer 6

high-power light rays

Question 7

The year 1895 marked the first year of the

Answer 7

second scientific revolution

Question 8

warned about the dangers of x-rays

Answer 8

Thomas Edison

Question 9

Is a radioactive element used to coat bullets?

Answer 9

no

Question 10

The one who coined the name radioactivity

Answer 10

Marie Curie

Question 11

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

Answer 11

William Crookes

Question 12

The one who discovered x-rays

Answer 12

Wilhelm Roentgen

Question 13

Becquerel’s film was exposed by

Answer 13

an ore on his desk

Question 14

Cathode rays are actualy streams of

Answer 14

high speed electrons

Question 15

What are some ways x-rays can be used?

Answer 15

find bullets in a body

tell if a leg is broken

find decayed spots on teeth

Question 16

The one who discovered that pitchblend is radioactive was

Answer 16

Henri Becquerel

Question 17

Iodine in the diet prevents what?

Answer 17

goiter

Question 18

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

Answer 18

yes

Question 19

Has the study of x-rays had an impact on the world today?

Answer 19

yes

Question 20

Roentgen called his discovery x-rays because they were

Answer 20

unknown

Question 21

Beriberi means

Answer 21

I cannot

Question 22

Christian Eijkman went to ___ to treat beriberi

Answer 22

Java in the Pacific