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CHAPTER 7 correct answers NEEDLES, SUTURES, INSTRUMENTS List examples of nonabsorbable sutures. Silk, nylon, polyester fiber, polypropylene, and stainless steel wire are examples of nonabsorbable sutures. correct answers List the indications for using a surgical adhesive. Surgical adhesives are used in place of subcuticular sutures 4-0 in diameter or less in areas that are not under high tension or subject to increasing tension with movement Define the term suture Suture is a ge...

Core Curriculum for Maternal- Newborn Nursing This page intentionally left blank Core Curriculum for Maternal- Newborn Nursing Fourth Edition Edited by: Susan Mattson, RNC-OB, CTN, PhD, FAAN Professor Emerita College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona Judy E. Smith, PhD, RNC-WHNP Professor School of Nursing California State University—Long Beach Long Beach, California 3251 Riverport Lane Saint Louis, ...

Test Bank: Altered Cellular and Tissue Biology Huether: Understanding Pathophysiology, 7th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A report comes back indicating that muscular atrophy has occurred. A nurse recalls that muscular atrophy involves a decrease in muscle cell: a. number. b. size. c. vacuoles. d. lipofuscin. ANS: B Atrophy is a decrease or shrinkage in cellular size. Hyperplasia is an increase in the number of cells. Vacuoles are membrane-bound vesicles within the cell that contain ce...

On Exam: A patient has a heart attack that leads to progressive cell injury that causes cell death with severe cell swelling and breakdown of organelles. What term would the nurse use to define this process? a. Adaptation b. Pathologic calcification c. Apoptosis d. Necrosis - correct answer d. Necrosis What is the most common cause of hypoxia? - correct answer Ischemia What is the most common cause of cellular injury? - correct answer hypoxia Question regarding ischemia: - correct a...

Understanding Pathophysiology 7th Edition Test Bank Chapter 1. Cellular Biology MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A student is observing a cell under the microscope. It is observed to have supercoiled DNA with histones. Which of the following would also be observed by the student? a. A single circular chromosome b. A nucleus c. Free-floating nuclear material d. No organelles ANS: B The cell described is a eukaryotic cell, so it has histones and a supercoiled DNA within its nucleus; thus, the n...

1. A student is observing a cell under the microscope. It is observed to have supercoiled DNA with histones. Which of the following would also be observed by the student? a. A single circular chromosome b. A nucleus c. Free-floating nuclear material d. No organelles 2. A nurse is instructing the staff about cellular functions. Which cellular function is the nurse describing when an isolated cell absorbs oxygen and uses it to transform nutrients to energy? a. Metabolic absorption b. ...

TEST BANK SUE E. HUETHER, KATHRYN L. MCCANCE - TEST BANK FOR UNDERSTANDING PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 6TH EDITIONTable of Contents Chapter 01: Cellular Biology .................................................................................................................................... 2 Chapter 02: Genes and Genetic Diseases ..............................................................................................................10 Chapter 03: Epigenetics and Disease ...............................

TEST BANK SUE E. HUETHER, KATHRYN L. MCCANCE - TEST BANK FOR UNDERSTANDING PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 6TH EDITIONTable of Contents Chapter 01: Cellular Biology ..................................................................................................................2 Chapter 02: Genes and Genetic Diseases ........................................................................................... 10 Chapter 03: Epigenetics and Disease ....................................................................

TEST BANK SUE E. HUETHER, KATHRYN L. MCCANCE - TEST BANK FOR UNDERSTANDING PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 6TH EDITIONTable of Contents Chapter 01: Cellular Biology ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 Chapter 02: Genes and Genetic Diseases .......................................................................................................................... 10 Chapter 03: Epigenetics and Diseas...

TEST BANK SUE E. HUETHER, KATHRYN L. MCCANCE - TEST BANK FOR UNDERSTANDING PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 6TH EDITIONTable of Contents Chapter 01: Cellular Biology ................................................................................................................. 2 Chapter 02: Genes and Genetic Diseases .............................................................................................. 10 Chapter 03: Epigenetics and Disease .................................................................