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Lesson: Chapter 4 — Waves and their applications

4.2.2. Uses of electromagnetic waves 2 of 6

Question 2

Why do bones show up clearly in an X-ray picture?

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X-rays lose much of their intensity passing through bone. Soft tissue lets X-rays through easily, bone does not, so bone leaves its shape on the picture.

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