Death and Dying

Question 10 • Anatomy & Physiology B

Which statements about clinical death and brain death are true? Check all that apply.

Answer

Clinical death can lead to brain death.

Clinical death is the state when a person’s brain stops functioning.

Clinical death is the state when a person’s heart stops beating and the person stops breathing.

Clinical death is used as the criterion to declare a person dead.

Brain death is used as the criterion to declare a person dead.

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