The mechanism whereby benign enlargement of the prostate affects urinary function in older men includes which of the following?
A) It may compress the membranous urethra.
B) It may compress the prostatic urethra.
C) It may compress the opening of the ureters into the bladder.
D) It may compress the body of the bladder.
E) None of the answers are correct.
B) It may compress the prostatic urethra.
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A) Trigeminal nerve B) Vagus C) Olfactory D) Facial
Difficulties in estimating temporal relationships between events may stem from damage to
A) the prefrontal cortex. B) the general interpretive area. C) Broca's area. D) Wernicke's area. E) the postcentral gyrus.
The enterogastric reflex can be triggered by
A. the presence of food in the stomach. B. increased pH in the duodenum. C. the hormone secretin. D. the cerebral cortex. E. distention of the duodenal wall.
In an aqueous solution, sodium ions would move toward
A) a negative terminal. B) a positive terminal. C) a pH terminal. D) an organic terminal. E) the bottom.