Which of the following sites are commonly used for manual capillary puncture?
A. Middle finger
B. Ring finger
C. Heel of the foot on an infant
D. All of these
Answer: D
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a. no conclusive answers. b. statutory regulations. c. legal rights. d. legal recourse.
Vestibular nuclei project to the
a. Thalamus b. Spinal cord c. Cranial nerve nuclei III, IV, and VI d. All of the above
A man comes into your station and tells you that he was just diagnosed by his physician as having a syncopal episode the previous week. More specifically, he asks you to explain why he fainted. Which one of the statements that follow would be your best response?
A) "For some reason, there was a temporary decrease in the flow of blood to your brain." B) "A small clot formed in a blood vessel in your brain, but was quickly broken down by the body." C) "Your blood sugar most likely dropped very quickly, causing you to faint." D) "A syncopal episode is a small seizure that runs its course very quickly."
A 32-year-old man presented with a 1 x 2 cm macular red-blue lesion in his hard palate. The lesion was asymptomatic and had been present for an unknown duration. He had no dental ab-normalities and no significant periodontal disease. This could be all the following except:
a. Vascular malformation b. Nicotine stomatitis c. Ecchymosis d. Kaposi's sarcoma e. Erythroplasia