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HCHenry

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on: Jun 22, 2018
Bradford has just been diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. What does this mean?
 
  a. His liver has shrunken.
  b. His liver has swollen.
  c. Scar tissue has replaced liver tissue.
  d. His liver tissue has become covered with cysts.

Question 2

Impaired ability to use or comprehend spoken language, as when a person has difficulty speaking or cannot understand what is being said to him, is
 
  a. apraxia.
  b. agnosia.
  c. aphasia.
  d. executive functioning deficit.


komodo7

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

c


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