The respiratory membrane is a combination of ________.

A) respiratory bronchioles and alveolar ducts
B) alveolar and capillary walls and their fused basement membranes
C) atria and alveolar sacs
D) respiratory bronchioles and alveolar sacs


B) alveolar and capillary walls and their fused basement membranes

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A new drug apparently increases short-term memory. Students were divided randomly into two groups at the beginning of the semester. One group was given the memory pill once a day for the semester, and the other group was given a same-looking pill, but it was just sugar. The sugar pill is termed a(n) ________.

A. effective dose B. variable C. controlled pill D. placebo E. treatment pill

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A bruit differs from a murmur in that a bruit:

A. represents widespread arteriosclerosis. B. is a benign physiologic abnormality. C. is auscultated over a main blood vessel. D. indicates turbulent blood flow in the heart.

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The dicrotic notch observed on tracing of blood pressure recording is due to

a. mitral valve closure. b. aortic semilunar valve closure. c. pulmonary semilunar valve closure. d. tricuspid valve closure.

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