NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
PATHOLOGY AND GENETICS
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Question
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Which of the following is in the order of the most general to the most specific?
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manner, cause, mechanism
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mechanism, manner, cause
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cause, manner, mechanism
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manner, mechanism, cause
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -As per Xavier Bichat, a French physician, irrespective of what the remote cause of death may be, there are three modes of death. 1-Coma: Death due to failure of brain function. 2-Syncope: Death due to failure of heart function. 3-Asphyxia: Death due to failure of lungs function.
Detailed explanation-2: -The cause of death is the specific injury or disease that leads to death. The manner of death is the determination of how the injury or disease leads to death. There are five manners of death (natural, accident, suicide, homicide, and undetermined).
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