Red cells having a larger than normal cell size are called ____________________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


macrocytes

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The _________ of a joint is defined by its ability to resist displacement and the ____________ of a joint describes the range of motion it can be moved without restriction from surrounding structures

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A teenage female patient has been ejected from a car as it rolled down a hill. She is responsive, but with signs of early shock. She has bruising to her anterior abdomen, a laceration to her left temple, and deformity to he left wrist. At what point should the wrist injury be splinted?

A) Enroute to the hospital B) Before transferring to the stretcher C) Just before leaving the scene D) Prior to immobilizing the patient

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To report external causes of injury and poisoning, a coder should use:

A) Z codes. B) External cause codes. C) numeric codes only. D) a written explanation.

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Large, rectangular, anaerobic gram-positive rods have been isolated from the anaerobic culture of a wound due to the puncture of the patient's foot by a rusty nail. No spores were observed on Gram stain of the specimen or culture isolate

The organism produced a double zone of beta hemolysis around its colonies on reducible blood agar. This organism will also be A) a swarming colony. B) catalase negative. C) lecithinase negative. D) lipase positive.

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