X-rays are used in because they can see through certain parts of the body. Doctors can take pictures of bones, teeth and . They use these pictures to see which bones are broken or to find out which teeth have holes in them.

In order to produce X-ray a special plate that can X-rays is placed behind a part of a person’s body. Then a machine sends X-rays through the body. In the picture areas show bones and other hard parts that X-rays cannot through.


There are some situations in which X-rays cannot give you a picture, for example, of a broken bone. In such cases a person is put into a tube-shaped and x-rayed from all sides . A computer puts togethrt all of the images and can show a more exact picture.


X-rays, can also be to your body. Patients must wear special for the parts of their body that are not X-rayed. Doctors and helpers who work with X-ray machines must wear aprons and stand behind .

X-rays are sometimes used to in the fight against . Doctors beam X-rays at cancer cells in order to them.