You Are Reading a Case Study from a Researcher at World

question 25

Multiple Choice

You are reading a case study from a researcher at World University. The researcher has traveled to the largest city in India and is reporting on an illness present in a 15-month-old boy. The researcher describes the child as extremely thin and bony, with wrinkled skin and enlarged fatty liver. For the past year, this child has subsisted almost entirely on diluted cereal drink. Your first thought is that most of these observations are characteristic of marasmus, but then you realize that ____ is more consistent with kawashikor.

• A)wrinkled skin
• B)food intake pattern
• C)enlarged fatty liver
• D)extremely thin
• E)bony appearance

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Definitions:

Thoracic Cage

The bony framework of the chest, consisting of the ribs, sternum, and part of the spine, protecting vital organs such as the heart and lungs.

Sternum

A long, flat bone located in the center of the chest, connected to the ribs, forming the front part of the rib cage.

Articulations

The point of contact between bones, or bones and cartilage, which allows for movement and flexibility in the skeletal system.

Ligaments

are bands of tough, elastic connective tissue that connect bones to other bones, stabilizing joints and supporting the body's structure.