Projecting off the cecum is the ________, which is made mostly of lymphoid tissue and is thought to have a role in immunity.

What will be an ideal response?


appendix, vermiform appendix

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A 25-year-old female presents with abdominal pain. She appears thin and healthy, but in obvious distress. Of the many questions the EMT may ask, which one should the EMT ask early during the patient interview?

A) "How many times have you been pregnant?" B) "Is there any possibility you are pregnant?" C) "Are you having any vaginal discharge?" D) "Are your menstrual periods regular?"

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A patient complaining of substernal chest pain tells you that it feels the same as when he had a heart attack two years ago. He is diaphoretic, nauseated, vomiting, and has a blood pressure of 78/50 mmHg and heart rate of 84. He also is allergic to aspirin. He asks you to assist him in taking one of his nitroglycerin pills. Which one of the assessment findings that follows represents a

contraindication to the administration of the nitroglycerin? A) Nausea and vomiting B) Heart rate below 100 C) Chest pain rated less than 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 D) Blood pressure of 78/50 mmHg

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Receipt of money that decreases the account balance is known as an adjustment.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Resource allocation monitoring uses data __________ to measure whether a health care provider or organization achieves operational goals and objectives within the confines of the distribution of financial resources

a. analytics b. encryption c. mining d. warehouses

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