Which of the following carries oxygen-poor blood to the lungs from the heart?

A. The great cardiac vein
B. The superior vena cava
C. The pulmonary arteries
D. The pulmonary veins
E. The coronary sinus


C. The pulmonary arteries

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Which of the following is not true of a thoracic vertebra?

A. It usually has a facet at the end of each transverse process for attachment of a rib. B. The body is more massive than those of cervical vertebrae but less than those of lumbar vertebrae. C. The body has facets as points of articulation for ribs. D. It has a pair of transverse foramina. E. The spinous process is pointed and angled sharply downward.

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The phenomenon known as referred pain:

A. is synonymous with the persistence of perceptions of painful stimuli long after the activity responsible for triggering them has ceased. B. involves a descending pathway that blocks the release of substance P in the spinal cord. C. is a perception of a false painful stimulus with no initiating stimulus; it is created in the mind. D. is the projected perception of pain as a sensation being experienced at a site other than that of the actual injured or diseased tissue.

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