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Why would diffusion of O2 into the blood stop if you stopped breathing or your blood...

Why would diffusion of O2 into the blood stop if you stopped breathing or your blood stopped circulating?

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Identify the organ systems that utilize the various forms of energy (chemical, electrical, mechanical, and radiant...

Identify the organ systems that utilize the various forms of energy (chemical, electrical, mechanical, and radiant / electromagnetic)

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Please read carefully the following case study and provide a suitable answer to its questions. A...

Please read carefully the following case study and provide a suitable answer to its questions.

A male baby born after a normal pregnancy appeared to be healthy until after the third day after his birth. He became lethargic, hypnotic (low muscle tone), his breathing was shallow and lead to apnea. First, he was hooked up to a mechanical respirator. A blood sample was taken to the lab and found that his plasma ammonia level was 474 µmol/L.

As a healthcare provider, you have put the baby under peritoneal dialysis until results of plasma amino acid levels and urine organic acid tests are ordered. The baby went into a deep coma.

The lab tests revealed the following;

Plasma ammonia

474 µmol/L

Plasma glutamine

1560 µmol/L (normal value 350 – 700 µmol/L)

Plasma arginine

Undetectable

Plasma N-acetylglutamine (NAG)

High

Plasma PH level

7.9

Based on the above lab result;

  1. What is your diagnosis of this case? Provide a suitable reason to your answer along with the specific reaction (equation) of urea cycle on which you are referring to on your answer.
  1. Why the patient has high blood level of glutamine?
  1. Why the patient has high plasma level of NAG?
  1. How can you treat this condition and save the baby from a life-threatening coma?
  1. What type of condition is this? (Congenital or Acquired)

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1. What is the pathophysiology of cyanotic Vs non-cyanotic congenital heart defects? 2. Explain what is...

1. What is the pathophysiology of cyanotic Vs non-cyanotic congenital heart defects?

2. Explain what is Fallot tetralogy (ToF) and how it compares to any other cyanotic congenital heart disease (any other you want)

3. Explain what is a Blalock-Taussig shunt, how it relates to fetal circulation and how/why it’s done in certain cyanotic heart diseases. Briefly explain other surgical procedure(s) that fixes a cyanotic heart defect.

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How do you feel about the issues affecting our eating habits, our issues with body fat,...

How do you feel about the issues affecting our eating habits, our issues with body fat, our health, and the underlying causes?

Thoughtfully offer solutions you think would be realistic and practical... and what you can do to make positive changes for yourself and your family.

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How the body gets rid of fluid if you have received way more saline fluid that...

How the body gets rid of fluid if you have received way more saline fluid that you need and how your body restores homeostatic water balance?

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Which layer of the wall of the alimentary canal us responsible for motility (peristalsis & segmentation)?...

Which layer of the wall of the alimentary canal us responsible for motility (peristalsis & segmentation)?

A. submucosa

B. lamina propria

C. muscularis externa

D. serosa

muscularis mucosae

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What questions would you ask a patient with aphasia to identify whether he is suffering from...

What questions would you ask a patient with aphasia to identify whether he is suffering from fluent or non-fluent aphasia?

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The Erector Spinae Muscle group extend the neck and rotate the head. True False

The Erector Spinae Muscle group extend the neck and rotate the head.

True

False

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1. The function of the chordae tendae is to A. Aide in the contration of the...

1. The function of the chordae tendae is to

A. Aide in the contration of the atriums

B. Aide in the action potentials of the atrial contractions

C. Regulate the opening and closing of the semi-lunar values

D. Regulate opening and closing of the tricuspid and bicuspid valves

2. De-oxygenated blood flows to the lungs from the right ventricle past this valve ______ and through these blood vessels _________

A. Mitral valve/ Pulmonary veins

B. Tricuspid valve/ Inveferior vena cava

  C. Pulmonary semi-lunar/ Pulmonary veins

D. Pulmonary semi-lunar valve/ Pulmonary arteries

3. This hormone is released when blood pressure becomes too HIGH, it functions to override all other hormones that function to raise blood pressure

A. Aldosterone

B. EPO

C. ANP

D. ADH

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My question is: Should the patient be concerned based on their % predicted value? Why or...

My question is: Should the patient be concerned based on their % predicted value? Why or why not?

Determine the patient’s actual vital capacity from the spirogram. Then calculate and analyze the patient’s % predicted vital capacity if the patient’s predicted vital capacity is 5200 ml.

    1. Actual vital capacity = 5000 ml
      • 6000 ml 1000 ml = 5000 ml
    1. Predicted Vital capacity = 5200 ml
    2. % predicted vital capacity = 96.15%
      • (5000 ml / 5200 ml) x 100 = 96.15%

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Specifically describe the anatomical neurological structures and mechanisms responsible for your resting heart rate and your...

Specifically describe the anatomical neurological structures and mechanisms responsible for your resting heart rate and your increased heart rate during moderate exercise, and your decreased heart rate during recovery.

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In what ways are autorhythmic fibers similar to and different from contractile fibers?

In what ways are autorhythmic fibers similar to and different from contractile fibers?

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A 3-year-old boy was brought by his mother to the pediatrician for swollen jaw. The boy...

A 3-year-old boy was brought by his mother to the pediatrician for swollen jaw. The boy also presented with fever, pain in chewing and swallowing.

36. What organ related to the digestive tract is involved in this disease?

37. What complication in the male reproductive system can this condition produce?

38. What is the product of the organ involve

39. The histologic appearance of the organ involved in this condition is somewhat

similar to what other organ related to the digestive tract?

40. What is the molecular composition of hyaline cartilage?

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1. True or false? Children and adolescents can improve bone health with regular physical activity, especially...

1. True or false? Children and adolescents can improve bone health with regular physical activity, especially if they focus on high impact activities such as running and repeated jumping.

Select one:

a. True

b. False

c. Children can only stimulate bone health by lifting weights in a gym setting.

2.Which of the following statements are true about physiological differences between children and adults? Select all that apply.

Select one or more:

a. Children tend to sweat less than adults do.

b. Children have a lower VO2Max than adults do.

c. Children tend to have more muscle fibers than adults do.

d. Children tend to have a greater total lung capacity than adults.

e. Children tend to have a greater maximal heart rate than adults.

3. Why does maximal cardiac output decline with age?

Select one:

a. Because bone mineral density declines.

b. Because maximal stroke volume and maximal heart rate declines.

c. Because total lung volume declines.

d. Because type II muscle fibers decline with age.

e. Because blood pressure increases with age.

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