Question

even after we had taken him back to the operating room, sewn the deepest layer of his abdominal wall closed and treated the infection that had caused his wound to fall apart in the first place, he still had a three - inch long crevice along the middle of his belly.
in this sentence, crevice means:

• the quality of lacking a harmonious uniformity among parts
• a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening
• a long narrow depression in a surface
• the market value set on assets

Explanation:

In the context of the text about a wound - related situation on the belly, "crevice" refers to a long, narrow depression on the surface of the abdomen. The other options do not fit the context.

Answer:

a long narrow depression in a surface