The shaft of a long bone is the ________. It is tubular and consists of a thick collar of compact bone that surrounds the central medullary cavity. 

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diaphysis
The diaphysis is the shaft of a long bone.

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What is gatekeeping?

a. The process by which patients are denied needed care b. The process by which primary care physicians refer patients to specialists c. The concept that specialists use more diagnostic tests than primary care physicians d. The idea that patients should be allowed to choose their own doctors

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Leptospira spp., Borrelia spp., and Treponema spp. share all of the following characteristics except

A) ability to cause human disease. B) motility. C) possession of a sheath. D) corkscrew shape.

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Electronic stimulation is also being used to relieve chronic ______________. Electronic devices are implanted and send low levels of electrical energy to nerves. This does NOT allow the pain signals to reach the brain

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