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| The average energy deposited per unit length of track is called? |
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| Linear energy transfer (LET) |
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| List(2)electromagnetic radiation types of Low-LET Radiation? |
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| All cells in the body other than female and male germ cells. |
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| the radiation hits the DNA molecule directly, disrupting the molecular structure. |
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| on DNA molecules is the impairment of function or death of the cell. |
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| A nonmitotic, or nondivision, form of cell death that occurs when cells die without attempting division during the interphase portion of the cell life cycle is termed? |
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Reproductive (germ) cells
Blood cells such as lymphocytes and erythrocytes. |
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| 3 Radioinsensitive Cells? |
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Brain cells
Muscle cells
Nerve cells |
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| ______states that the radiosensitivity of cells is directly proportional to their reproductive activity and inversely proportional to their degree of differentiation. |
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| Law of Bergonié and Tribondeau |
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| This concept of radiation damage resulting from discrete and random events is known as? |
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| Erythrocytes, also known as? |
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| White blood cells are called? |
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| (OSL) dosimeters stand for? |
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| Optically stimulated luminescence |
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| ____lines and covers body tissue. The cells of these tissues lie close together, with few or no substances between them. |
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| ____contains fibers that affect movement of an organ or part of the body. |
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| _____is found in the brain and spinal cord. |
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| Relative biologic effectiveness, |
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| is the branch of biology concerned with the effects of ionizing radiation on living systems. |
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| What are 3 characteristics of ionizing radiation? |
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| LET is generally described in units of |
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| kiloelectron volts/micron |
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| What are 3 examples of high LET radiation are ? |
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- alpha particles
- ions of heavy nuclei
- charged particles from interactions between neutrons and atoms |
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| Free radicals _______ the amount of biological damage. |
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| Direct action is much more likely to happen after exposure to _______ LET radiation. |
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| One or more breaks in each of the two sugar phosphate chains..? |
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