Nowadays Machines Can Keep an Individual's Heart and Lungs Functioning

question 19

Multiple Choice

Nowadays machines can keep an individual's heart and lungs functioning long after the brain permanently and completely shuts down. Thus, we can have an individual whose organs are mechanically operated while he is in a coma or persistent vegetative state. To some, these facts suggest that the

• A) conventional notion of death is still adequate.
• B) conventional notion of death is inadequate.
• C) cessation of breathing and blood flow are not signs of death.
• D) conventional notion of death has always seemed inadequate.

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Definitions:

Bones

The rigid organs that form part of the endoskeleton of vertebrates, providing support for the body and protection for some organs.

Displaced Oblique Fracture

A type of bone fracture where the bone breaks diagonally and the pieces move out of alignment.

Shaft

The long, narrow, central portion of an object, tool, or anatomical structure.

Left Tibia

The larger and stronger of the two bones in the lower leg, located on the medial side, commonly known as the shinbone.