Human Anatomy (8th Edition)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780134243818
Author: Elaine N. Marieb, Patricia Brady Wilhelm, Jon B. Mallatt
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 21, Problem 6CRCAQ
Simi realized she was very ill. During a recent trip to the tropics, she had contracted both malaria and tuberculosis, diseases whose microorganisms travel throughout the bloodstream. Back home for only a week, she then contracted mononucleosis. When she went to the doctor. he was able to feel the notched superior border of her spleen projecting far anterior to the left costal margin in her abdominal wall. ‘Was something wrong with her spleen? Explain.
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