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theo

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Your patient was struck in the chest with a baseball bat during a bar fight. A crackling or crunching sensation that is felt when air escapes from its normal passageways and is trapped under the skin is called:
 
  A) crepitus. B) friction rub.
  C) subcutaneous emphysema. D) infiltration.

Question 2

The thick middle layer of the heart is called the:
 
  A) epicardium
  B) myocardium
  C) endocardium
  D) pericardium


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deja

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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B


theo

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Reply 2 on: Jul 2, 2018
Excellent

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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