A young patient has developed a disease that is causing her elastic fibers to break down. The tunica media of which artery is most affected by this disease?

A) brachial
B) aorta
C) arteriole
D) renal


B

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Receptors for the special senses are found

A) in internal organs. B) in the fingertips. C) throughout the integumentary system. D) primarily in the head.

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Most sympathetic postganglionic fibers have cell bodies in a sympathetic ganglion ____________________, also called the sympathetic _________

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There are ___ carpal bones.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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