Eli5 how do x rays work?

Question

I am very confused how x rays work. How does the radiation get into the camera?

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Answer 1

You know how you can see through glass? Well to an X-ray thats essentially what your body is, glass, and it can see straight through.

Bone on the other hand, is denser so it can’t see through, so would be like a normal opaque object to us, so that’s how it sees bone.