A pregnant woman is scheduled for an amniocentesis. She asks you how the physician can be certain the placenta is not punctured during this. Which of the following is your best response?
A) Placentas always form on the posterior uterine wall.
B) It would not be harmful even if it were punctured.
C) A sonogram to locate it will be done first.
D) A uterus feels soft over the placenta site.
Question 2
A gene that is expressed when paired with another gene for the same trait is called
A) dominant.
B) recessive.
C) homozygous.
D) heterozygous.
Paul Colin, Figure of a Woman.
Leonardo da Vinci, Study of a Woman's Head or of the Angel of the Vergine delle Rocce.
Faith Ringgold, Tar Beach, Part I of the series Woman on a Bridge.
Manager's Responsibilities to Employee and Physician-Employer
The physician uses percussion—tapping—to detect sound or vibration.
The physician uses auscultation to listen to a patient’s heart.