A tripod fracture involves the disassociation of the zygoma.

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


True

Rationale: See the subsection “Zygomatic Bones” in the section “Facial Bones.”

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Match the term with the correct definition.A. Small change in the resting membrane potential confined to a small areaB. Charge difference across the plasma membrane when the cell is in an unstimulated stateC. Larger change in resting membrane potential that spreads over entire surface of a cellD. Membrane becomes more positive when Na+ diffuse into cellE. Return to the resting membrane potentialResting membrane potential

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

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Pituitary dwarfism results from a decreased secretion of ______ , which as a result

decreases the rate of cell division of ______. A) thyroid hormones; osteocytes in the periosteum B) thyroid hormones; osteoclasts in the compact bone C) growth hormone; fat cells in the medullary cavity D) growth hormone ; cartilage cells in the epiphyseal plate

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The final step in the formation of a blood clot is

A) the formation of prothrombin activator. B) tissue damage. C) that prothrombin activator converts prothrombin to thrombin. D) that thrombin converts fibrinogen to fibrin.

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Before a doctor performs an episiotomy, a cut in the perineum that makes the opening of the birth canal larger, branches of what nerves arising from the lumbosacral plexuses are anesthetized?

A) femoral nerves B) ischiadic nerves C) obturator nerves D) pudendal nerves

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