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17 Cards in this Set
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air
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pneum/o
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air in the pleural cavity
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pneumothorax
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chest
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thorax
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collapsed lung
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atelectasis
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diaphragm
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phren/0
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inferior portion of the sternum
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xiphoid process
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liver
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hepta/o
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lung membrane
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pleur/o
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refers to the upper portion of the trunk
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thorac/o
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moving grid
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bucky
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ribs
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cost/o
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scatter directed back toward the x-ray tube
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backscatter
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space between the lungs
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mediastinum
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superior portion of the sternum
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manubrium
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relationship between the height ofthe grid & the width of the spaces between them
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grid ratio
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when a photon is absorbed by an atom "exciting" it & producing a new photon
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Classical scatter
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when x-ray photon hits an outer orbital elecgtron removing it from the atom
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Compton effect
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