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chads108

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To demonstrate the energy-producing potential of different foods, the nurse explains that 3 grams of lean meat produces 12 kcal/g, whereas 3 grams of fish oil would produce:
 
  a. 6 kcal/g.
  b. 15 kcal/g.
  c. 21 kcal/g.
  d. 27 kcal/g.

Question 2

The nurse is alarmed when a patient with a severe head injury of the occipital lobe has a respiratory rate of 10 breaths per minute because this may indicate an injury to the:
 
  a. cerebellum.
  b. medulla oblongata.
  c. cortex.
  d. cerebrum.



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courtney_bruh

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Answer to Question 1

D
Fat provides 9 kcal/g.

Answer to Question 2

B
Rate of respiration is controlled by the medulla oblongata.




chads108

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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