Select the common uses of radioactive elements in health care.

Following are the uses of radioactive elements in health care:

(a) Technetium-99 is used to image the skeleton and heart muscle in particular, but also for brain, thyroid, lungs etc.

(b) Chromium-51 is used to label red blood cells and quantify gastro- intestinal protein loss.

(c) Cobalt-60 is used for external beam radiotherapy.

(c) Copper-64 is used to study genetic diseases affecting copper metabolism.

(d) Erbium-169 is used for relieving arthritis pain in synovial joints.

(e) Iodine-125 is widely used in radioimmuno- assays to show the presence of hormones in tiny quantities.

(f) Iodine-131 is widely used in treating thyroid cancer and in imaging the thyroid.

(g) Iron-59 is used in studies of iron metabolism in the spleen.

higher potential

explanation:

because it is in a high speed so it must move into a of high potential

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