The Term for a Twisting of the Bowel Upon Itself

question 17

Multiple Choice

The term for a twisting of the bowel upon itself, causing obstruction is

• A)small bowel obstruction.
• B)intussusception.
• C)volvulus.
• D)hiatal hernia.

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Definitions:

Tchebysheff's Theorem

Tchebysheff's theorem provides a bound on the probability that a random variable deviates from its mean, regardless of the distribution's shape, for any number of standard deviations.

Stem-And-Leaf Plot

A graphical representation of quantitative data that allows for the shape of the distribution to be easily seen, sorting data into "stems" and "leaves."

Interquartile Range

The difference between the 75th and 25th percentiles of a data set, representing the middle 50% of values.

Boxplot

A graphical representation of data that shows the distribution's five-number summary: minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum.