Collimators Are Used in Nuclear Medicine To

question 12

Multiple Choice

Collimators are used in nuclear medicine to:

• A) cone down the beam.
• B) limit patient dose from the radiation.
• C) maintain signal strength.
• D) keep scattered rays from entering the camera.

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Definitions:

Meiosis

A type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell, essential for sexual reproduction.

Maturation

The process of becoming mature, either in a biological sense, such as the physical and developmental changes that occur as an organism grows, or in a psychological context.

Epididymis

A long, coiled tube that stores and carries sperm from the testes to the vas deferens.

Sperm

Male reproductive cells designed to fertilize female ovum, crucial for sexual reproduction.