Sleep Apnea Is Temporarily Ceasing to Breathe and Is More

question 90

Multiple Choice

Sleep apnea is temporarily ceasing to breathe and is more common in people who are overweight.Excess fat in the neck compresses the ________ cutting off air flow.

• A) larynx
• B) thorax
• C) bronchi
• D) lungs
• E) alveoli

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Definitions:

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers, found by dividing the sum of all the numbers by the count of the numbers.

Population Variance

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data points in a population, calculated as the average of the squared deviations from the mean.

Sample Variance

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points in a sample, illustrating how much the data differ from the mean.

Grouped Data

Data that has been organized into categories, classes, or intervals, often to simplify analysis and find frequency distributions.