When a patient fails to ventilate or oxygenate adequately the problem may be caused by one of six major pathophysiological factors. List these factors.
What will be an ideal response?
1. increased airway resistance
2. changes in lung compliance
3. hypoventilation
4. V/Q mismatch
5. intrapulmonary shunting
6. diffusion defect
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The two divisions of the skeletal system are the
a. axial skeleton (which includes the head, spine, ribs, sternum, upper limbs and shoulder girdle) and the appendicular skeleton (which includes the lower limbs and pelvic bones, sacrum, and coccyx). b. axial skeleton (which includes the head, spine, lower limbs and pelvic bones) and the appendicular skeleton (which includes the ribs, sternum, sacrum, coccyx, and the upper limbs and shoulder girdle). c. axial skeleton (which includes the lower limbs and pelvic bones, and the upper limbs and shoulder girdle) and the appendicular skeleton (which includes the head, spine, ribs, sternum, sacrum, and coccyx). d. axial skeleton (which includes the head, spine, ribs, sternum, sacrum, and coccyx) and the appendicular skeleton (which includes the lower limbs and pelvic bones and upper limbs and shoulder girdle).
Exocrine glands secrete ________ such as saliva, sweat, and mucus
Fill in the blank with correct word.
Which of the following is spread by airborne transmission?
A. syphilis B. Escherichia coli bacteria C. influenza D. rubella
An instrument that spins capillary tubes at high speed is called a(n) ____________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).