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Your patient is a 14-year-old girl. Even though she is six feet tall, she weighs only 100 pounds. Her doctor suspects that she might have an eating disorder in which the patient de-nies food due to a compulsion to become thin.
 
  The medical name for this condition is:
   A. irritable bowel syndrome
   B. Crohn's disease
   C. anorexia nervosa
   D. cirrhosis

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A/An ________ is a clip device that is placed on the patient's finger and measures the degree of oxygen saturation in the blood.
 
  A) tracheostomy
  B) spirometer
  C) tomography
  D) oximeter


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

C

Answer to Question 2

D
Explanation: A) A tracheostomy is a permanent opening, not a clip device.
B) A spirometer is a handheld breathing tool, not a clip device.
C) Tomography is a radiology procedure, not a clip device.
D) Correct


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Reply #2 on: Jun 27, 2018
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