rad bio ch 33 Flashcards
diagnostic xrays beam always result in ___ exposiure
partial body
acute radiation syndrome
- high level of radiation exposure tht leads to___in days or weeks
death
three rad dose syntdromes
GI, CNS, hematologic
prodromal period
- consist of ___ clinical symptoms that occur within hours and continue a day or two
acute
latent period
- subject acts __ of visible effects
free
Prodromal period dose
1Gy ( 100 rad)
Immediate response to radiation sickenss is the ____ period
prodromal
latent period time after exposure during which there is no ___of radiation sickness
sign
hematological dose
Range?
- characterized by the reduction in blood cells, blood cells, and ___
2 to 10 Gyt ( 200-1000 RAD)
- white,red, platelets
manifest illness
- period of vomiting, diarrhea, malaise, lethargy
manifest
GI syndrome dose
- sever damage to ____
10-50 GYt (1000-5000 RAD)
- lining of the intestines
Most sensitive cells that radiation kills?
stem cells
CNS Syndrome Dose
- death occurs from ____
over 50 GYt ( 5000 RAD)
- excess fluid on the brain
ld 50/60
- dose of radiation to the whole body that causes ___% of irradiated subjects to die withing __ days
50%
60 days
acute radiation lethality follows a_____, threshold dose response relationship
nonlinear
mean survival time
- as the whole body radiation dose increases, the average time between exposure and death ___
increases
when only ipart of the body is irradiated , in contrast to whole body irradiation, a ___ dose is required to produce a response
higher
atrophy
- ___ of an organ or tissue caused by cell death
shrinkage
as threshold dose has been exceeded , the severity of the response____ with increasing dose in a nonlinear fashion
increases
tissue in which most radiation experience occurs with is ____
skin
skin cells replace at ___% per day
2
layers of skin ( outer to inner)
epidermis basal cells dermis subcutaneous layer muscle
damage to ____l cells results in the earliest manifestation of radiation injuy to skin
basal
object of xray therapy is ___
depeosit energy into tumor