Which of the following structures will result in the most radiopaque shadow on the chest radio-graph?

a. Aorta
b. Heart
c. Lungs
d. Ribs


ANS: D
Bone absorbs a large amount of the x-ray beam and is seen as a nearly white (radiopaque) shad-ow.

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