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question completion status: question 91 pneumonia can be caused by: rickettsia climate genetics helminthiasis or ascariasis question 92 the diagnostic term hammer toe means: the toes are bent over or down the toes are crossed the toes are bent up the toes are spread apart question 93 the term trache/os/tom/y actually means: instrument used for visual examination of throat stretching out, dilatation, or expansion of the lung creation of an artificial mouth - like opening in the throat and neck cut into or incision into neck

Explanation:

• Question 91: Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lungs. Rickettsia is a type of bacteria that can cause various diseases including pneumonia - like symptoms in some cases. Climate, genetics, helminthiasis or ascariasis are not typical direct causes of pneumonia.
• Question 92: Hammer toe is a deformity where the toe is bent over or down at the middle joint, resembling a hammer. The other options (toes crossed, bent up, spread apart) do not describe the typical hammer - toe condition.
• Question 93: The combining forms in "Trache/os/tom/y": "trache" refers to the trachea (windpipe), "tom" means cut or incision. So, tracheostomy is the creation of an artificial mouth - like opening (stoma) in the throat (trachea) and neck area. An instrument for visual examination of the throat is a laryngoscope. Stretching out the lung is related to procedures like lung expansion (not tracheostomy). A cut into the neck without the context of the trachea is too general.

Answer:

• Question 91: Rickettsia
• Question 92: the toes are bent over or down
• Question 93: creation of an artificial mouth - like opening in the throat and neck