Ms Hartzel Is a 33-Year-Old Patient Who Presents to the Office

question 16

Multiple Choice

Ms. Hartzel is a 33-year-old patient who presents to the office with complaints of enlarged lymph nodes in her neck. During your examination, which part of the hand is used to assess lymph node size?

• A) Pads of the fingers
• B) Tips of the fingers
• C) Palm
• D) Ulnar surface

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Definitions:

Conditional Probability

Conditional probability is the probability of an event occurring given that another event has already occurred.

Independent Events

Two events are considered independent if the occurrence of one does not affect the probability of occurrence of the other.

Simultaneously

Occurring, operating, or done at the same time; often used in statistical contexts to describe events or processes that happen concurrently.

Complement

In probability and statistics, it refers to the event of something not happening, the counterpart to the occurrence of a specific event.