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| which part of the cell acts as the "power plant" and supplies energy to the cell |
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| which part of the cell contains digestive enzymesthat break down large molecules |
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| which part of the cell directs all celluar activity and contains heredity factors |
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| which part of the cell is least affected by large dose of radiation |
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| according to bergonie and tribondeau the radiosensitivity of tissue is proportional to its reproductive capacity |
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| what tends to increase a cells radiosensitivity |
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| high division and high metabolic rate |
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| a cell or tissue is considered to be more radiosensitive if it |
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| what is not a factor of radiosensitivity |
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| what is the most sensitive to radation |
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| what is most radioresistant |
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| which free radicle product is chemical poison to the cell |
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| an effect whose probability of occuring increases as the dose increases without threshold is called _______ effect |
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| the ld 50/30 for humans is estimated to be between |
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| what is the ld 50/30 concept |
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| 50% of a large exposed group will die within 30 days without medical treatment |
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| cancer is an example of a ________ effect |
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| what is not a characteristic effect of hematopoieticsyndrome |
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| the C N S synndrome is produced by acute whole body exposures above _______ rem |
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| doses as low as _______ rad have been shown to cause development changes during two to six week period of apregancy |
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| effects which occur in the exposed indivual are called _____ effects |
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| what is not a somatic effect |
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| the relationship between populations of nuetrons and protons and the stability of that nucleus is best described as |
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| the higher z number of the atom the more neutrons are required thus a higher value for the neutron/proton ration in a stable nuclide |
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| gamma radiation is defined as |
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| electromagnetic energy emmitted from the nucleus with no mass and no shape |
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| which of the following equations is standard notation denotes an alpha decay including the parent daughter and other products |
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| most fission products are unstable because |
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| what term describes the activity of one gram of radioactive substance |
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| the quanity exposure is defined as |
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| the ionization produced by x and gamma radiation in air |
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| minimum photon energy required for pair production interaction to occur |
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| what is a direct result of neutron capture |
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| what type of neutron scattering leads to the emission of gamma photon |
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| what is the most effective moderator for fast neutrons |
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| a quality factor relates _____ to______ |
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| absorbed dose , dose equivalent |
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| the term specific ionization refers to the |
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| number of ion pairs formed per unit path length |
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| what is a mechanismof energy transfer for alpha particles |
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| what mechanism of energy transfer for beta particles does not work |
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| Ionization of an electrically neutral atom results in |
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| negative electron and a positive atom |
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