On a Routine Visit,your Patient,who Has Just Completed the Fifth

question 9

Multiple Choice

On a routine visit,your patient,who has just completed the fifth month (gestational age) of her pregnancy,asks: how big is my child? What is the correct answer to her question?

• A) About 5.5 cm or 2 inches crown-rump length
• B) About 12 cm or 4.5 inches crown-rump length
• C) About 30 cm or 12 inches crown-rump length
• D) About 42.5 cm or 16.5 inches crown-rump length
• E) About 51 cm or 20 inches crown-rump length

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Definitions:

Teleological Metaphysics

The branch of metaphysics that deals with the study of purpose, design, and goals within the universe, often involving the idea that natural processes aim towards certain ends.

Mechanistic Metaphysics

A philosophical viewpoint that regards natural processes as mechanically determined and capable of explanation by laws of physics and chemistry.

Non-teleological

Pertaining to theories or viewpoints that reject the existence of ultimate purposes or ends in natural phenomena or human activities.

Substance Interaction

The notion in philosophy that distinct substances (such as mind and body) have causal relations or can affect each other.