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on: Jun 20, 2018
Which of the following brain imaging techniques, discovered in 1908, is now a standard technique for detecting tumors and other brain abnormalities?
 
  a. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  b. Computed tomography (CT)
  c. X-ray imaging
  d. Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Question 2

Hemoglobin molecules in areas of high brain activity
 
  a. gain some of the ferrous molecules they are transporting.
  b. lose some of the ferrous molecules they are transporting.
  c. gain some of the oxygen they are transporting.
  d. lose some of the oxygen they are transporting.


Jsherida

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

d


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