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altibaby

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on: Jul 18, 2018

What is the term that describes the measure of how much a suture strand can be stretched before breaking?
a. gauge
b. capillarity
c. tensile strength
d. drag coefficient

Question 2

Ligatures are use to:
a. prevent evisceration
b. eliminate dead space
c. approximate tissue layers
d. occlude the lumen of a blood vessel

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upturnedfurball

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Reply #1 on: Jul 18, 2018

Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d

altibaby

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Reply 2 on: Jul 18, 2018

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

raili21

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday

TYSM

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