The inability to speak is defined as:

apnea
dysphagia
dyspnea
aphasia


aphasia

Rationale: Aphasia is the inability to speak as the brain is impaired, often following a stroke.

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Which of the following are important in regulating body temperature?

a. Apocrine glands b. Eccrine glands c. Sebaceous glands d. Lipocytes

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Acute care refers to which type of hospital care?

A) nursing home B) long-term C) hospice D) short-term

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A network of providers that share financial and clinical responsibility to coordinate care of their assigned patients led by one primary care physician is known as a(n):

A. affordable care action group. B. population health manager. C. accountable care organization. D. CMS.

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The layer of tissue that lines the inside of the chest cavity is called the:

A. visceral pleura. B. pulmonary pleura. C. parietal pleura.

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