X-Ray Terminology

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Across
  1. 2. Standing or seated upright
  2. 9. Towards the head
  3. 10. The back surface of the body
  4. 13. X-ray beam travels from the anterior towards the posterior
  5. 15. Towards the midline
  6. 17. Consists of two electrodes with opposite electrical charges that together produce the x-ray beam
  7. 18. Further from the point of origin
  8. 22. Divides the body into equal right and left sides
  9. 24. Towards the inside
  10. 25. The device that captures the radiographic image that exits the patient
  11. 26. Controls the number of x- rays produced with a unit of time
  12. 29. Describes an object that x-rays are not able to penetrate
  13. 30. Lying on ones back
Down
  1. 1. X-ray beam travels from the posterior toward the anterior
  2. 3. Towards the feet
  3. 4. The path of the central ray as it exits the x-ray tube and passes through the patient to the IR
  4. 5. The front surface of the body
  5. 6. Below
  6. 7. The body placement relative to the film or surrounding space
  7. 8. Controls the quality of the x-ray beam
  8. 11. Describes an object that x-rays are able to penetrate
  9. 12. A structure or an appearance that is not normally present on the radiograph and is produced by artificial means
  10. 14. Controls the length of exposure
  11. 16. X-ray beam travels through one side of the body part and exits the other side of the body part
  12. 19. The center-most portion of the x-ray beam emitted from the x-ray tube
  13. 20. The distance between the body part and the IR
  14. 21. Controls the reduction of the x-ray beam size or field of exposure
  15. 23. Position that serves as the point of reference for every positioning term
  16. 27. Lying down
  17. 28. The distance between the tube and the IR