While Performing an Assessment of Your Female Patient, a Pleural

question 6

Multiple Choice

While performing an assessment of your female patient, a pleural friction rub is heard. What does this indicate?

• A) Her secretions are becoming thinner.
• B)She has atelectasis.
• C)An abscess is near the pleural surface.
• D)She has a pneumothorax.

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Units of measurement equal to one-millionth of a meter, commonly used in science to measure microorganisms or cellular structures.

Capsid

Protein coat surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus.

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Pilus

A hair-like appendage found on the surface of many bacteria, involved in adhesion to surfaces and in bacterial conjugation.