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jayhills49

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on: Jun 27, 2018
Spinal stenosis means the narrowing of the spinal canal.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

An elderly patient fractured her hip and needs a hip replacement. She will be scheduled for an:
 
  A) arthroscopy
  B) arthrodesis
  C) arthrotomy
  D) arthroplasty


adf223

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

TRUE

Answer to Question 2

D
Explanation: We can construct the term with the information that the hip is a joint, arthr/o, and a surgical repair is the suffix -plasty. They are replacing the hip to repair the fracture.


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