Quiz Bowl Practice #1

What branch of radiography involves the use of radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic purposes?

Name the federal agency that enforces and inspects standards for safety in the workplace.

An effective treatment of atherosclerosis that uses a special catheter with a balloon tip is:

The discovery of x-rays occurred in what year?

What type of tube was used by Roentgen when he discovered x-rays?

What date did Roentgen publish "On a New Kind of Rays" to the Wuzburg Physico-Medical Society?

What scientist invented a vaccine to fight polio?

What is defined as, any process by which a neutral atom gains or loses an electron?

The term used to describe energy transmitted through matter is:

What organization created the Clinical Practice Standards for Radiography?

What Dutch zoologist discovered and described bacteria with a microscope he'd made?

What is created when electrons moving at high speeds are suddenly stopped?

When Roentgen discovered x-rays, what was the plate painted with that fluoresced?

Who regulates the quality and safety of care provided to patients and the way a facility is run

What established a set of national standards for the protection of personal health information?

What physician was the first to demonstrate heart function and the circulation of blood?

In what year did Roentgen win the Nobel Prize in Physics for is work?

X-rays were once given a different name- what is it?

What is defined as the study of blood vessels after injection of a contrast medium?

In 1953, what two scientists announced they had discovered the secret of life? Which was DNA.

Which of the following specialties uses non ionizing form of radiation?

What was Wilhelm Rontgen's wife's name?

Who is considered the father of Western medicine?

What is defined as the capacity to operate or work?

What is defined as the making of records of internal structures of the body by passage of x-ray