A nurse reads in a patient's chart that the patient has a condition caused by monosomy X.What can the nurse conclude about this patient?
A) Female with one missing X chromosome
B) Female with very feminine features
C) Male with one extra X chromosome
D) Male with very feminine features

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A monosomy condition is one in which only one of the paired chromosomes is present.In this case,the patient would have one or more cells with one X chromosome and nothing else.Turner's syndrome is the most common example of this defect; children born with this syndrome are female and exhibit juvenile external genitalia,underdeveloped ovaries,short stature,webbing of the neck,and possible intellectual deficits and cardiac disorders.

A Nurse Reads in a Patient's Chart That the Patient