When supportive medical technologies are in use, the concept of ________ is used to determine if someone is alive or dead.

A. brain death
B. clinical death
C. cessation of the flow of bodily fluids
D. cellular death


A. brain death

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Adolescents at the _____ risk for drug use are from areas that have fewer educational opportunities and are generally made up of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups.

A. lowest B. highest C. most modest D. closest to negligible

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All of the following instruments are used during a D&C EXCEPT ________

A) micropipette B) curet C) dilators D) tenaculum

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The type of stretching known as ________ stretching requires no assistance and involves holding the stretch at the end of the joint’s range of motion anywhere from a few seconds to 60 seconds.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Which of the following factors DO NOT contribute to "fine-tuning" of cardiovascular control during exercise?

A. muscle mechanoreceptors B. muscle chemoreceptors C. blood vessels D. baroreceptors

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