The Gastroenterologist Recommended That Fred Have a Vertical Banded Gastroplasty

question 106

Multiple Choice

The gastroenterologist recommended that Fred have a vertical banded gastroplasty to surgically treat his morbid obesity. This type of surgery is referred to as

• A) bariatric surgery
• B) ileocecal surgery
• C) colorectal surgery
• D) pancreatic surgery

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Definitions:

Sensory Registers

Memory systems that briefly hold incoming information from the senses, allowing it to be processed further. These registers include iconic (visual), echoic (auditory), and other modalities.

Echo

A sound or series of sounds caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface back to the listener.

Seconds

Seconds are units of time, the base unit in the International System of Units (SI), used to measure duration and intervals of time.

Forgetting Curve

A graphical representation describing the rate at which information is lost over time if there is no attempt to retain it.