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| that of the human body standing erect with palms turned forward, used as the position of reference in designating the site or direction of structures of the body. |
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| to draw away from the median plane, or (the digits) from the axial line of a limb |
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| to draw toward the median plane or (in the digits) toward the axial line of a limb |
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| situated below, or directed downward; in anatomy, used in reference to the lower surface of a structure, or to the lower of two (or more) similar structures. |
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| situated toward the median plane or midline of the body or a structure. |
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| denoting a position farther from the median plane or midline of the body or a structure. |
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| Situated in a slanting position; not transverse or longitudinal. |
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| nearest to a point of reference, as to a center or median line or to the point of attachment or origin. |
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| Anatomically located far from a point of reference, such as an origin or a point of attachment. |
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| the orientation of a radiographic machine in relation to the body or a body part. |
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| a bodily posture or attitude. |
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| the bringing of the members of a limb into or toward a straight condition. |
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| the act of bending or the condition of being bent. |
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| A vertical plane at right angles to a sagittal plane, dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions. |
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| the mid-coronal plane would transect a standing body into two halves (front and back, or anterior and posterior) in an imaginary line that cuts through both shoulders. |
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| Mid-sagittal or median plane |
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| one passing longitudinally through the middle of the body from front to back, dividing it into right and left halves. |
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| vertical planes passing through the body parallel to the median plane (or to the sagittal suture), dividing the body into left and right portions. |
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| situated more toward the cauda, or tail, than some specified reference point; toward the inferior (in humans) or posterior (in animals) end of the body. |
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| pertaining to the head, or to the head end of the body |
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| situated above, or directed upward |
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| assume or place in a supine position. |
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| To turn or rotate a limb so that the inner surface faces down or back. |
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| Running in the direction of the long axis of the body or any of its part |
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| extending from side to side; at right angles to the long axis. |
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| Place or arrange (things) in a straight line. |
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| any artificial (man-made) product; anything not naturally present, but introduced by some external source. |
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| radiographic contrast describes the differences in photographic density in a radiograph |
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| Radiographic density is the logarithm of two measurements: the intensity of light incident on the film (I0) and the intensity of light transmitted through the film (It). |
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| turning away or aside from a normal course. |
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| deviation of an image from the true outline or shape of an object or structure. |
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| To move (something) to a higher place or position from a lower one; lift. |
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| Portray or show (an object or view) as closer than it is or as having less depth or distance, as an effect of perspective or the angle. |
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| the ratio of apparent (image) size to real size. |
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| The distance between the subject and the IR |
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| an effect observed in radiographic imaging when the dose of radiation used is reduced to a level at which individual quantum effects can be seen. |
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| - the sharpness of structural lines as recorded on a radiograph. |
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| - permitting the passage of radiant energy, such as x-rays, with little attenuation, the representative areas appearing dark on the exposed film. |
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| - Relatively impenetrable by x-rays or other forms of radiation. |
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| - a measure of the fineness of detail that can be discerned in an image. |
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| - Radiation that has been deflected from its path by impact during its passage through matter |
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| - the source to image-receptor distance (SID) is a measurement of the distance between the radiation source and the radiation detector. |
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| source to object distance |
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| The ability to see two similar images superimposed but not mentally fused. |
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| an irregular meshwork of stress and stress-related struts within a cancellous bone. |
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