False-col Arteriograph Of Abdominal Aorta
by Alain Pol, Ism/science Photo Library
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False-col Arteriograph Of Abdominal Aorta
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Alain Pol, Ism/science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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False-colour arteriograph (angiograph) of the abdominal aorta, the large, main artery of the body, showing the point in the lower abdomen where the aorta divides into the left & right iliac arteries that supply blood to the legs. Arteriography is an x-ray technique for studying an artery that has been outlined by prior injection of a radio-opaque contrast medium (ie the artery is rendered opaque to x-rays - the false-colour provides additional contast).
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September 16th, 2018
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