The nurse is reinforcing teaching for a patient who has an aneurysm. Which of these patient statements indicates correct understanding of a dissecting aneurysm?

a. "An outpouching of one side of the arterial wall."
b. "An enlargement of the entire circumference of the artery."
c. "A communication between an artery and a vein."
d. "A separation of the inner layer of the arterial wall."


ANS: D
A dissecting aneurysm is a separation of the inner layer of the arterial wall.

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