Positive-Feedback Loops That Impair Oxygen Use in All Types of Shock

question 37

Multiple Choice

Positive-feedback loops that impair oxygen use in all types of shock include:

• A)activation of the fibrinolytic cascade.
• B)increased circulating volume.
• C)hypermetabolic state.
• D)lysosomal enzyme release.

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Definitions:

Antiaromatic

A term describing cyclic compounds that are unstable due to conjugated pi electrons disrupting the molecule’s planarity or symmetry.

Nonaromatic

Refers to compounds that do not have a conjugated system of electrons typical of aromatic compounds, lacking the distinctive stability and ring structure of benzene.

Allotropes

Different forms of the same element, with distinct physical and chemical properties, due to different arrangements of atoms or bonds (e.g., graphite and diamond are allotropes of carbon).

Carbon

A chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6, essential to all known life and the basis for organic chemistry.