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