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C.L TEST 101-120 Flashcards

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101.What is blood?

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The fluid circulating through the heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries

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  1. What is blood composed of?
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Plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets

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  1. What is botulism?
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A severe form of food poisoning, often fatal if not treated quickly

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  1. What is botulism caused by?
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A kind of bacterium

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  1. What is the brain?
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The central organ in the nervous system, protected by the skull

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  1. What does the brain consist of?
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Medulla

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  1. What does the cerebrum contain?
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Two hemispheres that control both the left and right side of the brain

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  1. What do the two hemispheres control?
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The left side controls the right side of the body and the right side controls the left side of the body

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  1. What is bubonic plague?
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A highly contagious disease, usually fatal affecting the lymphatic system

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  1. WhT is bubonic plague caused by?
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Bacteria transmitted to humans by rate born fleas

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  1. What is cancer?
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A disease characterized by the rapid growth of cells in the body often in the form of a tumor

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  1. What ways can (possibly) treat cancer patients?
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Radiation, Chemotherapy, and surgery

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  1. What are capillaries?
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The tiny blood vessels throughout the body that connect arteries and veins

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107.What do capillaries form around?

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Body tissues

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108.What is chicken pox?

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A mild but highly contagious disease caused by a virus and characterized by slight fever and the eruption of blisters on the skin

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  1. What is Chicken pox classified as?
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A disease of childhood that can be immune to you if you’ve already had this disease

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109.What is “hold your horses”?

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An expression that means to restrain or hold back on ones expression of enthusiasm

18
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  1. Where was this expression formed?
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Most likely in the West

19
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  1. What does hit the sack mean?
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Refers to getting some sleep

20
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  1. Is this expression commonly used?
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Yes

21
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  1. What does skating on thin ice mean?
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Obviously the act stepping onto thin ice would result in possible catastrophe

22
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  1. When is this used?
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To indicate the possibility of error is great and that one should observe caution

23
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  1. Where did don’t have a cow man, come from?
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A favorite of the tv cartoon personality Bart Simpson, but this expression was used long before Bart

24
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  1. When was this expression created?
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Before Bart Simpson

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  1. What does butterflies in ones stomach mean?
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To show you are jittery about something or someone

26
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  1. What does the butterflies in this expression represent?
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Nervousness

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  1. What does driving some up the wall mean?
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Not in the literal sense. But referred to an annoying person

28
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  1. Who would be the driver in this expression?
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The person who was doing the irritating

29
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  1. What did this saying originate from?
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Yogi Berra

30
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  1. What is it isn’t over until the fat lady sings about?
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To indicate that the game isn’t over until its over

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  1. What is eyes bigger than ones stomach referenced to?
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To want more food than your stomach can handle

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  1. What has this term been extended to?
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Wanting more things than you can actually use or wanting more things than one needs

33
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  1. What was cat got your tongue originated to?
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To reflect the reality that cats rarely say very much at all

34
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  1. What is this referenced to?
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Someone who is being overly quiet when a response is expected

35
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  1. What does the expression fit as a fiddle mean?
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The fiddle, being an instrument that sounds best when it is tuned has come to refer to the individual person who is tuned

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  1. Whats another word for tuned?
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Fit

37
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  1. What does you can’t cover the sun with one finger mean?
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To try and cover up a mistake is not acceptable

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120, Is the mistake trying to be covered up useless?

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Yes

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