Feeling a gentle caress on your arm would likely involve all of the following except ________.

A) Meissner's corpuscles
B) tactile discs
C) Pacinian corpuscles
D) hair follicle receptors


C) Pacinian corpuscles

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A. Mesoderm B. Ectoderm C. Endoderm D. Epidermis

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All of the following may be associated with a "heart block" except:

A) section of the superior part of the thoracic sympathetic trunk. B) coronary artery disease. C) loss of synchrony between atrial and ventricular contractions. D) use of an artificial pacemaker. E) ventricular fibrillation.

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Diploë is spongy bone found in ________ bones.

A) short B) flat C) pneumatized D) sesamoid E) irregular

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