Modification of your physical examination of a patient with a suspected spinal cord injury following a two-car motor vehicle crash is based on all of the following factors, EXCEPT:
A) the mechanism of injury.
B) injuries to patients in the other vehicle.
C) the patient's level of consciousness.
D) reliability of the patient as a historian
Answer: B) injuries to patients in the other vehicle.
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Answer the following questions true (T) or false (F)
1. Type IIx fibers produce the fastest, strongest twitches of any muscle fiber type. 2. Cindy's leg muscles displayed a state of hypotonia since her arm was recently removed from a cast. 3. Both isotonic eccentric contractions and isotonic concentric contractions shorten the muscle.
Which blood cell typically possesses a nucleus with two to three lobes and a pale-staining cyto-plasm?
a. Basophil b. Eosinophil c. Lymphocyte d. Monocyte e. Neutrophil
During a contraction, which areas of the sarcomere are most likely to either disappear or decrease?
a. H zone b. I band c. A band d. Z disk
Nonspecific immune responses
a. come into play whether or not there has been prior experience with the offending agent. b. are triggered by invasion of infectious microorganisms, chemical injury, mechanical trauma, or burns. c. are mediated by lymphocytes. d. both (a) and (b) above. e. all of these answers.