Most people are believed to have which of the following ratios of fast-twitch to slow-twitch muscle fibers?

a. 60% to 40%
b. 50% to 50%
c. 20% to 80%
d. 40% to 60%


b

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Vaccines are MOST readily made against

A. bacteria because their cell walls remain relatively unchanged from generation to generation. B. fungi because several species of fungi are commensals therefore priming the immune response to readily produce antibodies to the new vaccine. C. helminths because they are large organisms and make for easy targets. D. prions because they are new microbe so there is much research effort to stop prion related diseases. E. viruses, particularly RNA viruses, because their cell receptors are unchanging and bind human cell receptors.

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Which one of the following best describes leukemia?

A. benign disease of the lymph system B. malignant disease of the white blood cells C. nonmelanoma skin cancer D. benign disorder of glucose metabolism

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____ remains voluntary for prescribers, but under Medicare Part D prescribers will be given incentives for adopting it.

A. Bar code scanning B. E-prescribing C. prescription writing D. networking

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