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A nurse administered a subcutaneous injection to a patient and noted a small amount of bleeding from the administration site. After a minute, the bleeding ceased, a process that the nurse attributed to hemostasis.
 
  Which of the following physiological phenomena occurred during secondary hemostasis?
  A) The patient's blood vessels surrounding the injection site constricted.
  B) Platelets aggregated at the site where the bleeding occurred.
  C) The patient's plasma fibrinolytic system was activated.
  D) The patient's clotting cascade resulted in the formation of fibrin.

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A patient with cystic fibrosis has received a double lung transplant and is now experiencing signs of rejection. What is the immune response that predominates in this situation?
 
  A) Humoral
  B) Nonspecific
  C) Cellular
  D) Mitigated


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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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