How big is the larynx, anyway?

What will be an ideal response?


(Have students palpate their own—find hyoid with one finger and cricoid with the other, using fingers as a caliper, so they can see just how small in length it is. Then tell students that they could just barely stick the pinky finger to the first joint through their own cricoid cartilage.)

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a. parasympathetic nervous system b. sympathetic nervous system c. both the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems

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Which of the following is the reason for aspirating the syringe prior to injection?

a. to remove air bubbles b. to not produce pain c. to make certain the syringe is not in a blood vessel d. all of the above

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Increased cardiac output would result from increasing:

A) stroke volume B) blood viscosity C) heart rate D) vasoconstriction E) both A and C F) both B and D

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The superficial layer (outermost) of the skin is the ________.

A. epidermis B. hypodermis C. dermis D. subcutaneous tissue

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