This is a chronic disease that leads to inflammation and injury to the joints and the surrounding tissues. It is also considered an autoimmune disease

A) Septic arthritis
B) Degenerative joint disease
C) Rheumatoid arthritis
D) Ankylosing spondylitis


C

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Which of the following characteristically presents in teenagers in the posterior segment of the jaws?

a. Odontogenic myxoma b. Ameloblastoma c. Periapical cemento-osseous dysplasia d. Ameloblastic fibro-odontoma e. Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor

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In photoelectric absorption to dislodge an inner-shell electron from its atomic orbit, the incoming x-ray photon must be able to transfer a quantity of energy

a. less than the energy that holds the atom together. b. 10 times as great as the energy that holds the atom together. c. as large as or larger than the amount of energy that holds the electron in its orbit. d. equal to or greater than 1.022 MeV, regardless of the energy that holds the electron in its orbit.

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When processing, a film that appears too dark is a result of what error occurring?

rinse not agitated overexposure underexposure cold fixer

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Many of the guidelines to chapters 15 and 16 _____ the general coding guidelines for the other chapters in ICD-10-CM. 

A. supercede B. are repeated in C. are not valid with D. none of the above

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