Drugs that reduce elevated body temperature (fever) to normal levels are known as:

A. anti-inflammatories
B. antipyretics
C. analgesics
D. anesthetics


B

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What is another name for the left atrioventricular valve?

A) Bicuspid valve B) Semilunar valve C) Tricuspid valve D) Atrial valve

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The procedure in which a catheter with a balloon is threaded into a coronary artery and expanded to compress the plaque and widen the lumen is called ________

A) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) B) angioplasty C) coronary artery bypass D) None of the above

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Which of the following secrete chemicals that produce holes in the membranes of harmful cells but do not have to recognize a specific antigen to start destroying pathogens? 

A. Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) B. Cytokines C. B cells D. Natural killer (NK) cells E. T cells

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