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12 inch adjustment Align to center Align to point amperes angle anode Army wafer grid atoms autotransformer AUXILIARIES blood bone cable CALCANEUS cardboard holders cassette cells center of film chest circuit CLAVICLE coil CONE connected CORACOID PROCESS density DEPT ROENT ARMY electrical electrons equipment exposure factors FEMUR Figure filament fluoroscopic screen FOCAL SPOT foreign body glands holders with medium horizontal HUMERUS iliac crests intensifying screens Item kilovolt kilovoltage KVP with cardboard lengthwise located MA-SEC Measure through plane medial medium screens metacarpal meter Midsagittal plane milliammeter milliamperage nerve operating Patient supine portion position posterior PRECAUTION primary PRINCIPAL RAY radiation Respiration roentgen rays roentgenography roentgenoscopy rotated sandbag scapula SCHOOL ANATOMICAL screens with Army secondary shockproof side soft tissues stereoscopic surface switch technician temperature THICKNESS VARIABLE KVP TIBIA tion ulna unit valve tube VERTEBRA voltage wire X-radiation X-ray machine X-ray tube
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Page 11 - All metals, iron excepted, wood, glass, fire, water, and animal bodies, give a free passage to the magnetic fluid, and do not prevent its acting upon iron. They discovered that the north pole of one magnet attracts the south pole of the other, and that the north pole of one repels the north pole of the other, and the south poles applied together also repel each other.
Page 112 - ... ligament ; here the head of the radius rotates within the ring. In the articulation of the odontoid process of the axis with the atlas the ring is formed in front by the anterior arch of the atlas; behind, by the transverse ligament; here the ring rotates around the odontoid process. Condyloid...
Page ii - BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR: OFFICIAL: GC MARSHALL JA ULIO Chief of Staff Major General The Adjutant General DISTRIBUTION...
Page 9 - ... buffers, the voltages are usually less than 100 V and currents vary from 5 to 15 mA/gel depending on the length of gel and time of run. Tables II and III give suggested settings for various conditions. The limiting factor in choosing voltages is the temperature that the sample and gel can tolerate. The heat produced is proportional to the product of the current squared and the resistance per unit length of the gel (or the current times the voltage per unit length).
Page 122 - Give the bones, divisions, straits and symphyses of the obstetric pelvis. The pelvis is composed of the two innominate bones, the sacrum and the coccyx; it is divided into the true pelvis below and the false pelvis above the iliopectinea] line.
Page 124 - There are seven cervical, twelve thoracic, five lumbar, five sacral and four coccygeal vertebrae.
Page 138 - The autonomic or vegetative nervous system, then, is that part of the nervous system which controls the activity of the...
Page 139 - The organ of hearing is divided into three parts — the external ear, the middle ear, and the internal ear. The external ear consists of the auricle and the external auditory meatus.
Page 45 - Item No. 96055, X-ray Field Unit, Dryer, and Loading Bin Combination: Complete with air circulator, for field processing unit. Item No. 96060, X-ray Field Unit, Generator, Gasoline, Electrical: Complete in chest. Item No. 96070, X-ray Field Unit, Grid, Portable: Replacement grid for 96145; also suitable for use in bedside or similar types of radiography.
Page 15 - When another ring is added, the first will in turn induce a north pole at the top and a south pole at the bottom of the second ring.