What is the name of the abnormal condition in which the bundle of His controls the ventricles at a rate of 40-60 bpm and the atrial rate exceeds the ventricular rate?
A. asystole
B. bradycardia
C. ventricular escape mechanism
D. escape junctional pacemaker
Answer: D
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A) Cushing's syndrome B) Addison's disease C) Cretinism D) Graves' disease
Needleless safety blood-transfer devices must be used to transfer the blood from the ________ to the vacuum tube.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The reason to use two patient identifiers when searching the database is to avoid creating a duplicate patient account.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Babies are born with 270 bones; as they grow into adults, they will only have 206 bones. Which of the following explains why babies have more bones?
A. Many of the small bones in the hands and feet will form cartilage to allow for more movement as an adult. B. Smaller bones in babies turn into red blood cells as the baby grows to accommodate the circulatory system. C. The bones in the babies head and spinal column will eventually fuse together. D. Babies lose bone mass during the aging process.