Seth Has Been Under a Lot of Stress at Work

question 36

Multiple Choice

Seth has been under a lot of stress at work lately.One morning he awakens to find he is totally blind.His physician can find nothing physically wrong with his eyes,and Seth appears to have no trouble maneuvering around the furniture in the physician's office.But Seth is not consciously faking and swears he cannot see.Seth is suffering from ________.

• A)somatic symptom disorder
• B)conversion disorder
• C)Illness Anxiety Disorder
• D)Münchausen syndrome

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Definitions:

Mandibular Processes

Refers to the extensions or projections of the mandible bone, which contribute to jaw formation and are critical in chewing and speech.

Foramen Ovale

In the fetal heart, the oval opening in the septum secundum; the persistent part of septum primum acts as a valve for this interatrial communication during fetal life; postnatally, the septum primum becomes fused to the septum secundum to close the foramen ovale, forming the fossa ovale.

Septum Primum

First septum in the embryonic heart that arises on the wall of the originally single atrium of the heart and separates it into right and left chambers.

Interatrial Septum

The wall of tissue that separates the right and left atria of the heart.