1. What organ in the body pumps and circulates blood throughout the body? 2. What is the function of the heart valves?

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Asoccer mom is driving her 75 year old grandmother and her 9 year old daughter home after the game. the grandmother and daughter were both in the back seat and both were wearing their seat belts. a car ran a red light in front of them, causing them to t-bone that car on the passenger side. fortunately there were no serious injuries, but the grandmother did sustain several rib fractures. the mother, daughter and driver of the at-fault car were shaken up but unhurt. what are some possible reasons that the grandmother sustained rib fractures while the other victims did not?

A92-year-old man with a 45-year history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is intubated in the icu because of a bout of viral pneumonia that fails to improve after 72 hours of antibiotics. although the inspired fraction of oxygen is 100%, the patient's po2 remains at 57 mmhg. positive-end expiratory pressure (peep) is added to allow the inspired fraction of oxygen. twelve hours after the introduction of peep the patient suddenly become hypotensive. at the same time, his oxygen saturation drops from 92% to 61%. on physical examination, his bp is 80/50 mmhg and his pulse is 124/min. he has distended neck veins and distant heart sounds. which of the following would also most likely be seen on this patient's physical examination? - absence of breath sounds in the right hemithorax- high amplitude carotid artery upstroke- a pleural friction rub- pulsus alternans- splenomegaly