Medical Terminology / Unit 14 MedTerm 0926 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Radiolucent
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The idea
Radiolucent describes a substance that allows x-rays to pass through and appears dark on the resulting image.
In practice
Air is radiolucent.
Where people slip
Radiopaque is light on the image; radiolucent is dark. The pair reverses how an image is read.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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