The ________ is the instrument used for measuring the pressure the blood exerts against the walls of the artery

a. sphygmomanometer
b. stethoscope
c. otoscope
d. ophthalmoscope


a

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A. basal metabolic rate. B. temperature index. C. body mass index. D. ovulation.

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Your 60-year-old female patient is alert and has respirations of 16 and a pulse of 92. The pulse oximeter reads 78 percent and gives a pulse rate of 30. What should you do first?

A) Check to see if the patient is wearing nail polish or has cold hands. B) Use a bag-valve mask to ventilate the patient. C) Increase the flow rate of oxygen to the patient. D) Discontinue use of the pulse oximeter.

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How are the muscles of the body arranged, and how does this arrangement affect their function?

What will be an ideal response?

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The processing tank should be cleaned

once a week. whenever the solutions are changed. every day. every 2 weeks.

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