If You Had a Patient with Blood Improperly Draining from All

question 24

Multiple Choice

If you had a patient with blood improperly draining from all areas above the diaphragm,you would suspect a problem with the 

• A) femoral vein.
• B) superior vena cava.
• C) pulmonary vein.
• D) inferior vena cava.
• E) jugular vein.

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Definitions:

Cyclic Hydrocarbons

Hydrocarbon compounds that contain one or more rings of carbon atoms in their structure, including aromatic and non-aromatic forms.

Alternating Bonds

Alternating bonds refer to a pattern where single and double bonds alternate within a chemical structure, often seen in conjugated systems.

Non-aromatic

Compounds that do not fulfill the criteria for aromaticity, lacking a conjugated system of pi electrons in a ring structure.

Benzylic Hydrogens

Hydrogen atoms attached to the carbon atom that is directly connected to a benzene ring, often more reactive in chemical reactions.