An "open book" fracture occurs when blunt force trauma causes the two pubis bones of the pelvic girdle to separate, opening the entire girdle from the front like a book. The section of the pelvic girdle that would be broken in this injury is the pubic symphysis.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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In the emergency room you examine a young boy whose was injured while trying to climb a fence. He says he hit his "bottom" hard while straddling the horizontal bar at the top of the fence
Your examination reveals that his penis and scrotum are edematous as is the lower part of his anterior abdominal wall. Only the most superior aspects of his thighs are also edematous. You suspect the boy: A) ruptured his corpus cavernosa and the swelling is due to blood. B) bruised his penis and scrotum and the swelling is due to lymph. C) ruptured his spongy urethra and the swelling is due to urine. D) ruptured his internal pudendal vein and the swelling is due to blood. E) ruptured his deep perineal pouch and the swelling is due to an inflammatory reaction resulting from the release of fluid from the bulbourethral glands.
If the diameter of the afferent arterioles leading to the glomerulus increases (vasodilation) which of the following is not likely to occur?
A) Net filtration pressure will increase. B) Urine output will increase. C) Systemic blood pressure will go up. D) Glomerular filtration rate will increase.
Muscle hypertrophy results from increased numbers of
A. myofibrils and sarcomeres. B. muscle fibers. C. motor units. D. muscles. E. muscle cells.
A cut that separates anterior and posterior structures is ________
A) transverse B) frontal C) midsagittal D) parasagittal