A Risk Factor Means That

question 1

Multiple Choice

A risk factor means that

• A) a patient will develop a certain disease.
• B) a patient must avoid foods that trigger an allergic reaction.
• C) a patient has a genetic disorder.
• D) the chances are increased of a patient developing a certain disease.

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Definitions:

Veins

Blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart, typically carrying deoxygenated blood from the tissues back to the heart except in the case of pulmonary veins.

Hemostasis

The physiological process by which bleeding ceases, involving blood vessel constriction and clot formation.

Thrombin

An enzyme in blood plasma that causes the clotting of blood by converting fibrinogen to fibrin.

Systole

Contractile phase of the cardiac cycle.