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.
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.
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A) larger B) smaller
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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