The nurse uses a diagram to show the etiology of Down syndrome, which shows that:
a. there is an extra chromosome on the 21st pair.
b. there is a missing chromosome on the 21st pair.
c. there are two pairs of the 21st chromosome.
d. the chromosome's 21st pair is missing.
A
Down syndrome is attributed to an extra chromosome on the 21st pair.
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