Discuss the structure and function of Ishihara color plates
What will be an ideal response?
Ishihara color plate books contain 14 images of colored dots arranged to show a number in one color against a background of another color. Patients with color blindness will have difficulty identifying the numbers from the background.
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A) blood from a ruptured artery forming a hematoma within a section of brain tissue. B) a pocket of arterial blood collected between the skull and dura mater. C) blood from a ruptured vein collected between the dura mater and brain tissue. D) cerebral spinal fluid accumulated in a pocket on top of the brain tissue.
What is the name of the external landmark that identifies the point at which the trachea branches into the right and left main stem bronchi?
a. Sternal angle b. Cricoid cartilage c. Suprasternal notch d. Xiphoid process