When a patient is experiencing a fever, the ________ resets the body's temperature set point.

A. brain
B. hypothalamus
C. adrenal gland
D. pituitary gland


Answer: B

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The rapid rise and fall in force produced by a muscle fiber after a single action potential is a(n)

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