Define acute
What will be an ideal response?
Sudden onset.
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A) Gravity B) Pressure C) Valves D) Bulk flow
The supraspinatus is named for its location on the posterior aspect of the scapula above the spine. What is its action?
A) to flex and adduct the humerus and to act as a synergist of the pectoralis major B) to initiate abduction of the arm, to stabilize the shoulder joint and to help prevent downward dislocation of the humerus C) to extend and medially rotate the humerus and to act as a synergist of the latissimus dorsi D) to help hold the head of the humerus in the glenoid cavity and rotate the humerus laterally
What law of thermodynamics states that energy can be neither created nor destroyed?
a. first b. second c. third d. fourth e. fifth
A genetic mutation prevents the parietal cells of the gastric glands from secreting their typical products. What effect would this have on digestion within the stomach?
A. Hydrochloric acid would not be produced, so pepsinogen would not be activated to form pepsin. B. Somatostatin would be secreted, so all digestion would be halted. C. Pepsinogen would not be secreted, so protein digestion would not occur within the stomach. D. The stomach would not produce a protective mucus coating and would digest itself.