A Patient,age 72,was Admitted to the Medical Unit with a Diagnosis

question 9

Multiple Choice

A patient,age 72,was admitted to the medical unit with a diagnosis of angina pectoris.Characteristic signs and symptoms of angina pectoris include:

• A) substernal pain that radiates down the left arm.
• B) epigastric pain that radiates to the jaw.
• C) indigestion,nausea,and eructation.
• D) fatigue,shortness of breath,and dyspnea.

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Definitions:

Blood Clotting

The process that prevents excessive bleeding when the vascular system is injured, involving the transformation of blood from a liquid to a gel.

Incomplete Dominance

A condition in which neither member of a pair of contrasting alleles is completely expressed when the other is present.

Heterozygous

A genetic condition where an individual has two different alleles at a gene locus.

Intermediate Phenotype

A phenotype that represents a blend or a combination of two extreme phenotypic traits or forms found in a population.