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What enzymes are in saliva When are they activated and inactivated? Do these types of enzymes...

What enzymes are in saliva When are they activated and inactivated? Do these types of enzymes occur anywhere else in the digestive tract?

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What are the types of synapses that occur within the autonomic division? What is the name...

What are the types of synapses that occur within the autonomic division? What is the name of the synapse that occurs in neurons of the autonomic division and their targets? Please explain how you got the answer. Thanks.

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Is eating vitamin-fortified foods or taking vitamin supplements a harmless form of health insurance?

Is eating vitamin-fortified foods or taking vitamin supplements a harmless form of health insurance?

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The intrinsic pathway of coagulation is activated by the The intrinsic pathway of coagulation is activated...

The intrinsic pathway of coagulation is activated by the

The intrinsic pathway of coagulation is activated by the

release of heparin from the liver.
sticking of platelets to damaged tissue.
activation of proenzymes exposed to collagen.
release of tissue factor (Factor III) by damaged endothelium.
conversion of prothrombin to thrombin.

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Describe the path that a red blood cell takes as it flows from the right subclavian...

Describe the path that a red blood cell takes as it flows from the right subclavian vein to the left carotid artery.

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A 39-year old male arrives to the emergency department with a severely infected wound on his...

A 39-year old male arrives to the emergency department with a severely infected wound on his upper right arm. His laboratory results show a plasma glucose level of 223 mg/dl.

From these laboratory results, should this patient be diagnosed with diabetes?

In two sentences or less, provide a physiological rational for your answer to the question above.

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You have a patient who is severely dehydrated and you need to rehydrate them intravenously. Which...

  1. You have a patient who is severely dehydrated and you need to rehydrate them intravenously. Which of the following solutions do you choose and why? For each solution describe why or why not you would choose it.

  • Distilled H20

  • 0.9% saline

  • 5.0% saline

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In 1965, AB Hill described nine aspects of an association to consider before interpreting it as...

In 1965, AB Hill described nine aspects of an association to consider before interpreting it as a causal association. The strength of association was listed first. please evaluate this aspect using Rothman's sufficient -component cause model.

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What controls population growth? How does density affect population growth?

What controls population growth? How does density affect population growth?

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Which spinal segments have gray communicants? Which have white rami?

Which spinal segments have gray communicants? Which have white rami?

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What is menstruation?

What is menstruation? Write the process  of mestruation in details.

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Which tissue region do nails originate from?

Which tissue region do nails originate from?

a) lunula

b) nail matrix

c) cuticle Nails

d) eponychium

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A positively charged electrolyte is called:

A positively charged electrolyte is called:

a) an isotope

b) an anion

c) a positron

d) a cation

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Which dietary component does the body most commonly use for energy?

Which dietary component does the body most commonly use for energy?

a) Proteins

b) Carbohydrates

c) Vitamins

d) Fats

 

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