_______in a clinical thermometer is responsible for keeping the level of mercury from falling even after we take it out of our mouth.

Glass filament

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Kink

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Resistor

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Copper tube

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Solution

The correct option is B Kink
A kink prevents the mercury from falling down easily. A kink in the glass tube resists the flow of the mercury as it contracts, storing the highest temperature reading. Shaking the thermometer resets the mercury back into the bulb.

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