An average-sized woman should gain about 25-35lbs during her pregnancy. What makes up this weight and how is it distributed?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The weight is distributed between her tissues and fluids, her fetus, and the placenta. About one-quarter is made up of extra maternal fat, another quarter is the fetus, followed by extracellular fluids, maternal blood, and a combination of breast tissue, enlarged uterus, the placenta, and amniotic fluid.

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The nurse is caring for four clients diagnosed with different musculoskeletal disorders

Client Disorder Client 1 Hip fracture Client 2 Stress fracture Client 3 Femur shaft fracture Client 4 Vertebral compression fracture Which client requires treatment with calcitonin, calcium or vitamin D supplements, analgesics, and muscle relaxants? 1. Client 1 2. Client 2 3. Client 3 4. Client 4

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A protein expressed in response to damage to DNA that results in death to the cell is _____

a. Ras b. p53 c. Rb d. Abl e. MAGEA1.

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The most abundant and biologically active of the mineralocorticoid hormones is ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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