The Permanent Stoppage of All Brainstem Reflexes Is One of the Criteria

question 69

Multiple Choice

The permanent stoppage of all brainstem reflexes is one of the criteria for

• A) clinical death.
• B) euthanasia.
• C) whole-brain death.
• D) death as a mystery.

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Definitions:

Resonance Structures

Representations of a molecule showing different configurations of electron pairs, to depict delocalization of electrons within the molecule.

Nitrite Ion

A polyatomic ion with the molecular formula NO2-, derived from nitrous acid.

Methane

A colorless, odorless flammable gas that is the simplest alkane, used as a fuel and in chemical synthesis, with the chemical formula CH4.

Resonance Structures

Different Lewis structures for a molecule that cannot be represented by a single structure but are a hybrid of the possibilities, contributing to the molecule's overall structure.