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29 Cards in this Set
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The Hitorff tube was an early model of the what?
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Crookes Tube
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Who was the first to discover the harmful effects of x-rays?
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Thomas Edison
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What year were x-rays discovered?
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1895
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What was William Goodspeed known for?
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The first radiograph
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True or False. X-rays were used immediately for diagnosis and therapy.
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True
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What was Micheal Faraday known for?
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Electromagnetic induction
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What were some of Thomas Edison's discoveries?
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The harmful effects of radioactivity and the fluoroscope
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Roentgen observed what in his experiment involving barium platinocyanide paper and a Crookes tube?
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A light emmitted from a chemical compound
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A regional widespread disease is called what?
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Epidemic
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A worldwide disease is called what?
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Pandemic
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How many people die each year from prostate cancer?
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30,000
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Since 1995, has the HIV mortality rate been on the incline or decline?
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Decline
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What is the primary cause of death in infants?
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General malformations and deformations and chromosonal abnormalities
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Children born in the 21st century have how may years for an expected life span?
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77.6
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What are the top two leading causes of death in the U.S.?
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Cancer and heart disease
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Women outlive men by how many years?
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5 years
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At age 65, how many more years does one have to look forward to?
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18 years
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When incidences of diseases of infectious origins begin to increase they are called what?
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Emerging infectious diseases
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What are two characteristics of critical thinkers?
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They are rational and analytical
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An unbiased solution is reached by what three things?
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Humility, attitude, and respect
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What are two situations where emotions would run high?
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When talking about religion and gun control
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Group loyalty is...
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all of the above
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Critical thinking is hindered by what?
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all of the above
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Maintaining the status quo is what?
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Comfortable
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Critical thinking requires what two things?
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A humble approach and weighing the evidence
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Critical thinking is based on what?
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A set of universal values
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Analytical thinking means what?
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Gathering the evidence
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Early x-ray uses were which of the three: abuses were rampid, circus entertainment, shoe fittings?
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all of the above
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Critical thinking implies what?
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Weighing all of the aspects of the situation
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