Chapter 23, Problem 1CP

A dilatation and curettage (DC) for missed AB (missed abortion is the technical term for miscarriage) is on the OR schedule. Danny, a CST, finished setting up and went to the preoperative care unit (PCU) to help the circulating nurse bring the patient back to the OR. The young woman was tearful and said she had been told the 16-week fetus had been infected with a parasite she may have gotten from her cat. Her husband was deployed overseas and she had no one to help with cleaning the house. To which parasite was she likely exposed?

Which of the following is false? The endoderm, mesoderm, ectoderm are germ layers The trophoblast is a germ layer The inner cell mass is a source of embryonic stem cells The blastula is often a hollow ball of cells.

Patty Turner age 7 has symptoms that include a skin rash, fever, slowed growth, fatigue, and swelling in the joints. She was diagnosed as having juvenile __________ arthritis.