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fagboi

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You respond, along with fire department medical responders, to a 48-year-old woman having a syncopal episode in the bathroom. You find the patient sitting on the commode vomiting into the trashcan. The vomitus appears to look like coffee grounds and has a foul smell. The patient is pale and has been weak for the past few days. She MOST likely has:
 
  A) peritonitis.
  B) abdominal aortic aneurysm.
  C) hernia.
  D) GI bleeding.

Question 2

Which of the following allows for smooth movement of bone surfaces against one another at joints?
 
  A) Smooth muscle
  B) Ligaments
  C) Peritoneum
  D) Cartilage



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

D



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