What condition results from excess fluid in the pericardial cavity compressing the heart and reducing the capacity of the ventricles to fill with blood?

What will be an ideal response?


Cardiac tamponade

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Muscles that extend the elbow are attached to the

A) medial epicondyle. B) coracoid process. C) coronoid process. D) olecranon. E) radial tuberosity.

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A blastomere is a _____ and a blastocyst is _____

A) hollow ball of cells; a cell resulting from cleavage B) fetal organ produced by cleavage; an embryonic organ produced by cleavage C) cell produced by cleavage; a hollow ball of cells D) fetal membrane; an embryonic membrane

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A chronic disease of the inner ear marked by a recurring syndrome of vertigo, tinnitus, and progressive hearing loss is called ________

A) Otosclerosis B) Cholesteatoma C) Mastoiditis D) Meniere's disease

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