A40-year-old female, unrestrained, impacted the steering wheel of her vehicle with her chest when her vehicle hit a tree while traveling at 45 mph. she is conscious and alert, but is experiencing significant chest pain and shortness of breath. given the mechanism of injury and her present condition, it is least likely that she experienced:
a. a cardiac contusion.
b. a pulmonary contusion.
c. multiple rib fractures.
d. a head injury.

Spherocytosis is an inherited blood disease in which the erythrocytes (red blood cells) are spherical instead of biconcave. this condition is inherited in a dominant fashion, with sph- dominant to sph+. in people with spherocytosis, the spleen "reads" the spherical red blood cells as defective, and it removes them from the bloodstream, leading to anemia. the spleen in different people removes the spherical erythrocytes with different efficiencies. some people with spherical erythrocytes suffer severe anemia and some mild anemia, yet others have spleens that function so poorly there are no symptoms of anemia at all. when 2400 people with the genotype sph- sph+ were examined, it was found that 2250 had anemia of varying severity, but 150 had no symptoms. does this description of people with spherocytosis represent incomplete penetrance, variable expressivity, or both? explain your answer. (3 points)

Patrick’s parents are worried that he may face discrimination in his new neighborhood. which factor is most likely to cause worry to his parents? a. patrick has unusual pets at home. b. patrick belongs to a different culture than that of the majority group. c. both patrick’s parents hold jobs outside the home. d. patrick likes a particular sport.

Does the weight loss program have practical significance? a. no, the program is not practically significant because the results are likely to occur even if the weight loss program has no effect. b. yes, the program is practically significant because the results are too unlikely to occur by chance. c. yes, the program is practically significant because the amount of lost weight is large enough to be considered practically significant. d. no, the program is not practically significant because the amount of weight lost is trivial.