Question

luis dropped a cinder block on his foot cutting off the circulation to the extremity. if he does not get medical treatment then he is at risk of having the tissue in his foot die, becoming ______.

○ edemic

○ inflamed

○ embryonic

○ necrotic

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Edemic: Not a standard medical term related to tissue death.
• Inflamed: Refers to redness, swelling, etc., not tissue death.
• Embryonic: Related to embryos, not tissue death.
• Necrotic: Means relating to or affected by necrosis (tissue death), which matches the scenario of tissue in the foot dying due to lack of circulation.

Answer:

D. Necrotic