Agents that separate or loosen the horny layer of the epidermis are referred to as:
A) astringents
B) tar treatments
C) keratolytics
D) emollients
C) keratolytics
Keratolytic agents are those that separate or loosen the horny layer of the epidermis. They are used to treat mild skin lesions.
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A) the receptionist. B) the administrative medical assistant. C) another patient. D) the clinical medical assistant.
Describe the difference between joint mobilization and stretching
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When anthropologist Doug Foley did an ethnography of a small Texas town he found that the everyday stories created around high school football tended to
A. encourage young women in the ton to play contact sports. B. reaffirm established ways of thinking and doing things in the town. C. improve that status of low income families because their boys played football. D. disrupt popular ideas about social inequality.
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