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Which of the following is NOT a symptom of bacterial meningitis?
Fever
Headache
Extreme hunger
Altered mental status
Neck stiffness
A

Extreme hunger

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Which of the following conditions should someone with progeria NOT worry about?
Stiff joints
Fragile bones
Sleep apnea
Cardiovascular disease
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Sleep apnea

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What part(s) of the brain are most affected by Alzheimer’s?
Cerebral cortex
Hypothalamus
Hippocampus

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Cerebral cortex and hippocampus

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All of the following are possible causes of a labral tear except:
Dislocation
Degeneration
Walking
Dysplasia
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Walking

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Which of the following is not a complication resulting from Type 2 diabetes?
Heart attack
Neuropathy
Deafness
Reinopathy
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Deafness

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When a pneumonia patient's breathing rate is increased in order to make up for decreased lung efficiency it is referred as:
Eupnea
Tachypnea
Bradypnea
Apnea
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Tachypnea

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Which of the following can be a symptom of diphtheria?
Mild fever
Thick grey lining in throat
Skin lesions

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Mild fever
Thick grey lining in throat
Skin lesions

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What part of the body does MS damage?
Basil lamina
Myelin sheath of neurons
Skeletal muscles of lower extremities

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Myelin sheath of neurons

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What part of the brain does Parkinson's affect?
Parietal lobe
Thalamus
Substantia nigra
Cerebellum
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Substantia nigra

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Complete decongestive therapy (CDT) for the treatment of lymphedema includes:
Compression garments
Exercise
Manual lymph drainage
Self-care education
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Compression garments
Exercise
Manual lymph drainage
Self-care education

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A common type of tear to the glenoid labrum is a SLAP tear, what does SLAP stand for?
Severe laceration with acute pain
Serrated tear of the labrum anteriorly positioned
Superior tear of the labrum from anterior to posterior
Swollen labrum accompanying perforation

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Superior tear of the labrum from anterior to posterior

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What is the third stage of HIV called?
AIDS
Chronic HIV infection
Retroviral syndrome
Antiretroviral
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AIDS

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Where does the name gamekeeper's thumb originate from?
Soccer goalies
Scottish hunters
Baseball statisticians
Chicken farmers
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Scottish Hunters

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What is the inner, jelly-like structure in the intervertebral disc called?
Annulus fibrosis
End plate
Nucleus pulposus
Transverse foramen
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Nucleus puplosus

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Sickle cell disease is:
A non-autosomal recessively inherited condition affecting hemoglobin
An autosomal recessively inherited condition affecting hemoglobin
A non-autosomal recessively inherited condition affecting plasma
An autosomal recessively inherited condition affecting plasma

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An autosomal recessively inherited condition affecting hemoglobin

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What does ALS stand for?
Amyotrophic lateral syndrome
Amyotrophic lateral stenosis
Amyotrophic labral sclerosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis