In a diving accident, the patient severely injured his cervical spinal cord at the level of C2. As a result, he became a/an ________ and was paralyzed from the neck down, including all four extremities

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quadriplegic

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_____ is an intense fear and anxiety of any place or situation where escape might be difficult

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Match the medication administration route with the body’s response to that route.

a.  Absorbed through the skin via a patch or ointment preparation applied to the skin b.  Effects of a medication that are observed throughout the body c.  Injected beneath the skin into the fatty tissue layer d.  Applied directly to the skin to treat skin conditions, not for systemic absorption e.  Injected deep into a muscle

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A/An ____________________ is a mature red blood cell

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Long-term alcohol abusers can develop a chronic and potentially fatal inflammation of the liver known as

A) alcoholic hepatitis. B) hepatic amyloidosis. C) fibrosis. D) cirrhosis.

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