A chronic illness can be defined as...
A) a sudden, short-term illness, often with dramatic signs and symptoms such as high fever or sharp pain.
B) an insidious illness or one with gradual onset, sometimes without any outward symptoms, that persists for years.
C) the relative severity of the disease in a population.
D) the relative number of deaths from a specific disease in a population.
Answer: B) an insidious illness or one with gradual onset, sometimes without any outward symptoms, that persists for years.
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A. Starlings's law. B. Newton's law. C. Boyle's law. D. Dalton's law.
What is the endocrine axis?
a. thalamus-hypothalamus-pituitary axis b. hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis c. thalamus-hypothalamus-thyroid axis d. hypothalamus–pituitary-pineal axis e. thalamus-pituitary-pineal axis
According to the law of LaPlace, when comparing two alveoli lined with fluid, pressure in the one with the ________ diameter will be greater.
A) larger B) smaller
C) sodium, potassium, or calcium
A) any type of channel closing. B) closing of the channel even when the stimulus continues. C) closing of the channel in response to decrease in the stimulus. D) None of the answers are correct.