A blood clot is known as an embolism

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A 23-year-old woman comes to the free clinic stating "I think I have a lump in my breast. Do I have cancer?" The nurse instructs the patient that a diagnosis of breast cancer is confirmed by what?

A) Supervised breast self-examination B) Mammography C) Fine-needle aspiration D) Chest x-ray

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The nurse knows a stage III pressure ulcer is:

a. a pressure ulcer that involves exposure of bone and connective tissue. b. a pressure ulcer that does not extend through the fascia. c. a pressure ulcer that does not include tunneling. d. a partial-thick wound that involves the epidermis.

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A pathologist is examining histological (tissue) samples from a client with an autoimmune disease. Which of the following characteristics of muscle samples would signal the pathologist that the samples are cardiac rather than skeletal muscle?

A) The cell samples lack intercalated disks. B) The muscle cells have small and a few mitochondria. C) The cells have a poorly defined sarcoplasmic reticulum. D) The muscles are striated and composed of sarcomeres.

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T lymphocytes are believed to have a specific role in:

A) Transplant rejection B) Allergic hay fever and asthma C) Anaphylaxis D) Bacterial infections

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