Carolina Learned She Had a Salivary Stone Blocking the Submandibular

question 88

Essay

Carolina learned she had a salivary stone blocking the submandibular duct connecting her submandibular gland to the oral cavity.Determine the impact of this blockage on saliva production and chemical digestion in the mouth.

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Definitions:

Cent

A monetary unit worth one-hundredth of various currencies, including the US dollar and the Euro.

Repeating Decimal

A decimal in which one or more digits repeat infinitely.

Decimal Notation

A system of writing numbers that uses a decimal point to separate the whole number part from the fractional part.

Percent Equivalent

A way of expressing a number as a fraction of 100, denoting it with the symbol "%."