Hypertension is given the designation "essential" hypertension when it
A) results from an identifiable biological predisposition.
B) has no specific physical cause.
C) is notable for its many overt warning symptoms.
D) is a chronic condition.
B
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a. no b. little c. a moderately large d. a large
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a. Young people who are adolescents but not adults b. Young people who are neither adolescents nor adults c. Old people who are adults but not elderly d. Old people who are neither adults nor elderly
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a. spinal cord; skin receptors b. skin receptors; hypothalamus c. brainstem; hypothalamus d. hypothalamus; skin receptors
Besides methadone, another substitute medication has recently been approved for maintaining opioid addicted patients. It is
A. antabuse. B. buprenorphine. C. zolpidem. D. olanzepine.