A Patient with a Head Cold Is Demonstrating a Change

question 17

Multiple Choice

A patient with a head cold is demonstrating a change in speech tone and volume. The nurse realizes that the sinus cavities are affected because of which of the following?

• A)The patient is sneezing.
• B)The patient is coughing.
• C)The patient is afebrile.
• D)The sinuses play a role in speech.

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Definitions:

Genetic Engineering

A field of biotechnology that involves directly manipulating the genes of organisms to modify or improve specific characteristics or produce desired products.

Dominant Genes

Genes that express their trait even when only one copy is present, overpowering recessive genes in determining certain characteristics.

Recessive Genes

Genes that produce their characteristic phenotype only when their allele is identical and not masked by a dominant allele in a heterozygous pairing.

Epigenetics

The study of heritable changes in gene expression that occur without changes in the DNA sequence, often influenced by environmental factors and lifestyle.