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Which of the following labeled response has the highest amount of calcium sequestration in sarcoplasmic reticulum? The tracing shows contractile responses of a skeletal muscle preparation to...
H. Jones, Web Content Writer
Answered: Sep 20, 2018
The answer to this is A. You can see the amount of calcium based on how low the stimulus frequency is. If you would check the given figure, the lowest point of stimulus frequency is A which means...Read More

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Which of the following is the most likely cause of this patient's seizure disorder? A 40-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department 30 minutes after sustaining severe chest injuries in a...
Bobby Rickets, Content Reviewer
Answered: Mar 07, 2019
Correct answer is option E – Vascular malformation
Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is rare and is usually diagnosed at the time of first seizure. It is an abnormal tangle of the...Read More

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Which activity will be inhibited when the following patient is given appropriate pharmacotherapy?A previously healthy 32-year-old man is brought to the emergency department because of a...
E. Barnes, Professional Gamer
Answered: Feb 26, 2019
The correct answer to this question is A. Alcohol dehydrogenase is a group of dehydrogenase enzymes, a class of zinc enzymes, that catalyze the oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols and...Read More

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Which of the following processes has most likely been disrupted? A 3-year-old boy with a history of unexplained fever, lack of perspiration, the absence of response to noxious stimuli, and...
John Smith
Answered: Oct 29, 2020
Phosphorylation of downstream molecules in response to nerve growth factor-http://hmg.oxfordjournals.org/content/10/3/179.fullnerve growth factor (ngf) supports the survival of sympathetic ganglion...Read More

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Which of the following is the most likely cause of this patient’s hyperglycemia? A 10 - year old boy who has had type 1 diabetes mellitus for 1 year is receiving insulin. One hour after his...
Barry Mclean, Sales Manager
Answered: Jan 03, 2019
Inhibition of hepatic protein kinase A. Hyperglycemia, known as high blood sugar, is a condition in which an excessive amount of glucose levels that are considered slightly hyperglycemic is said...Read More

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Which of the following ion channels these electrophysiologic findings most likely indicate impaired function? A 33-year-old woman who is right-handed is brought to the physician because of a 3-day...
John Smith
Answered: Oct 29, 2020
1. voltage-gated na+ channels&092;n-guillainbarr syndrome, is an acute polyneuropathy, a disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system. ascending paralysis, weakness beginning in the feet and...Read More

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Choices A- JA 42-year-old woman comes to the physician because of a 3-week history of numbness of the fingers on the left hand. Neurologic examination shows loss of touch graphesthesia and loss of...
Chachelly
Answered: Oct 29, 2020
B

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Which of the following is the most appropriate therapy considering that the newborn can be carefully monitored for methemoglobinemia? A female newborn is delivered al 34 weeks gestation in an...
J. Harty, Writer
Answered: Dec 14, 2018
The answer is C. The most appropriate therapy for a female newborn that has been delivered at 34 weeks into the gestation period in an advanced care setting where special delivery systems are...Read More

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Which of the following is the most likely cause of this patient’s hyper-calcemia? A 54 y/o woman comes to the physician because of a 5-day history of severe mid-back pain Physical...
John Smith
Answered: Oct 29, 2020
Local interleukin-1 (il-1) and tumor necrosis factor effect-the underlying disease is multiple myloma: hypercalcemia in multiple myeloma, where there is bone marrow infiltration by tumor has been...Read More

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Which of the following findings was most likely present on neurologic examination of the patient prior to his death based on this pathology? An autopsy is done on a 50-year-old man who died of...
Ken Wilson, Marketing Analyst
Answered: Dec 04, 2018
Prior to his death, this man may have had a gait ataxia. This basically means he couldn’t walk a straight line. He’s a 15-year alcoholic who’s having a period of sobriety due to...Read More

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Which of the following is the most likely site of a primary neoplasm in this patient? A 45-year-old woman has a 2-week history of a heart murmur and hepatomegaly. She has a 3-month history of...
John Adney
Answered: Jun 24, 2017

Carcinoid tumor with metastasis to liver --> carcinoid heart syndrome

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Which of the following steps in the electron transport pathway is primarily affected in this patient? A 4-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department because of a 1-hour history of...
O. Bickis, Corporate employee
Answered: Dec 14, 2018
The big key here is that this young boy has been dizzy for an hour. Dizziness can be caused by a variety of things, but in this chain of choices, the most likely one is the O2 portion of the...Read More

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Which of the following components deficiency in the ligament will roost likely limit healing of this injury?
W. Wright, Biology student
Answered: May 02, 2019
The correct answer to this question is option A
A deficiency in blood vessel around the affected ligament will further slowdown the healing process.
Cartilages and ligaments are known...Read More

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What will be the result of the ability to administer this agent despite it being a foreign protein?
M. Klose, Content Writer
Answered: Aug 29, 2018
The answer to this is a. The patient is taking bevacizumab. The fact that there is zu in the name of this product meant that this is a humanized antibody. Being in remission does not necessarily...Read More

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Which of the following presence in the biopsy specimen most clearly suggests diffuse alveolar damage rather than bronchiolitis obliterans-organizing pneumonia in this patient? A previously...
C. Perez, Writer
Answered: Apr 24, 2019
The correct answer to this question is A, Alveolar Hyaline Membrane. This is a pattern, which appears in lung disease. Alveolar Hyaline Membranes can be found in various illnesses such as ARDS,...Read More

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