Lecture : Medical Neuroanatomy BIOL 4115
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Visualize internal structures, serve as a diagnostic aid in determining the presence of disease, detect abnormal conditions assoicated with the skeletal system, used therapeutically in treatment of disease conditions. Radiograph may of poor quality and procedure may have to be rescheduls. Makes a particular structure visible on the radiograph. Orally, injected into a vein, delivered through an iv line, or an enema. X-rays that are directed from the front toward the back of the body. The patient is positioned with the anterior part of the body facing the radiograph tube and the posterior facing the radiograph film. X-rays that are directed from the back toward the front of the body. The patient is positioned with the posterior aspect of the body facing the radiograph tube and the anterior facing the radiograph film. X-ray beams pass from one side of the body to the opposite. The right side of patient"s body is positioned next to the radiograph film.
