X-Rays
- Created by: sadlergeorgia
- Created on: 30-04-15 09:24
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- X-Rays
- Widely used diagnostic technique
- Examine problems inside the body
- Effective way of detecting problems with bones
- Can identify problems with soft tissue e.g. pneumonia or breast cancer
- Electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength
- Can pass through flesh but not bone
- Bone will stay white
- Can see cracks in bone where black comes through
- When hits photographic film it goes black
- Can cause cell damage
- may lead to cancer
- Can pass through flesh but not bone
- Machine directs rays at the affected area
- Widely used diagnostic technique
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