A Man in a Wheelchair Is Waiting at a Subway

question 30

Multiple Choice

A man in a wheelchair is waiting at a subway station with several other people,when he gets swarmed by a group of unruly teens-they poke fun at him and race him up and down the station platform in his chair.Why do the witnesses do nothing?

• A) The more bystanders there are,the less responsibility each person feels to intervene.
• B) People might have assumed the victim was acquainted with his assailants.
• C) People do not like to interfere in other people's business.
• D) Everyone is too frightened to intervene;they all fear for their own safety.

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Definitions:

Great Saphenous

The longest vein in the body, running along the length of the leg, used in grafts during coronary bypass surgery.

Femoral

Pertaining to the thigh or femur (thigh bone), particularly in reference to arteries, veins, and nerves running through the thigh area.

Pulmonary Trunk

The major blood vessel that originates from the right ventricle of the heart and bifurcates into the right and left pulmonary arteries, carrying deoxygenated blood to the lungs.

Pulmonary Artery

The pulmonary artery is a large blood vessel that transports deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs for oxygenation.