The Study Zone: Summaries & Practice Papers

Which of the following if the correct definition of a tow B truck? A. A motor vehicle that tows or carries a disabled illegally parked motor vehicle B. A motor vehicle that tows or carries a disabled ille- gally parked or abandoned motor vehicle or a motor vehicle involved in an accident C. A motor vehicle that tows or carries a legally parked or abandoned motor vehicle or motor vehicle involved in an accident D. A motor vehicle that carries a motor vehicle in- volved in an accident. 2...

1. A 48-year-old man became unresponsive shortly after A. Call for help and presenting to you with nausea and generalized chest discomfort. You observe gasping breathing and are unsure if you feel a pulse. You should know: A. Call for help and begin chest compressions. B. Wait until breathing stops and then check again for a pulse. C. Begin chest compressions only if you are certain a pulse is absent. D. Observe the patient for 2 minutes, then reassess his breathing and pulse. 2. Wh...

1. How quickly does the chance of survival de- a cline for every minute of defibrillation delay in patients with ventricular fibrillation ((VF) who do not receive bystander CPR? a) 7% to 10% b) 5% to 6% c) 11% to 13% d) 3% to 4% 2. coronary perfusion pressure (CPP) equals aor- D tic pressure minus atrial diastolic pressure a) systolic, left b) systolic, right c) diastolic, left d) diastolic, right 3. what is an advantage of a systemic approach C to patient assessment? a) reduc...

1. Filler What equalizes the porosity of the hair? 2. Porosity test What test involves holding a strand of hair with one hand while sliding the thumb and forefinger of the hand from end to scalp 3. never mix color/perm/ relaxers in 4. what makes hair color oxidative 5. most standard devel- oper 6. most common oxida- tive developer for per- manent color 7. what do you use to cancel out green 8. virgin lightener should stay how far from the scalp metal bowl hydrogen peroxide 20 vol...

stop codon codon that signals to ribosomes to stop translation (last exon in a series of exons) 2. partial coding se- quence 3. splice acceptor site portion of DNA/RNA that codes for protein (subset of a exon) Located at the 3' end of the intron, terminates the intron with an AG sequence (exon/intron border) 4. splice donor site 5' end of intron (exon/intron border) 5. promoter region of DNA that indicates to an enzyme where to bind to make RNA 6. signal sequence the sequence ...

shift 2,3BPG, high T HOT, ACIDIC CO2 transport to lungs carbonic anhydrase Cl shift Haldane: CO2 released to lung (Bohr: O2 release to tissue) CO poisoning causes carboxyhemoglobin no affect on PaO2 Cyanide poisoning causes lactic acidosis How to treat cyanide poisoning Amyl nitrite --> Methemoglobin THEN Thiosulfate (hydroxycobalamin)

"wire loop" appearance on Light microscopy- diagnosis? lupus nephropathy what is the defect in Job's syndrome? neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality - due to failure of IFN-gamma production by helper T cells xanthochromia of CSF - diagnosis? subarachnoid hemorrhage 4 most common brain tumors in adults mets > astrocytoma (including glioblastoma multiforme) > meningioma > schwannoma most common supratentorial brain tumor in kids craniopharyngioma most common bug in debilita...

Abiogenesis Belief that livings things may develop from lifeless matter 2. Acid A compound that In water produces hydrogen ions, usu- ally tastes sour, a pH less than 7 3. Acid rain rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water 4. Alloy Homogenous mixture composed of two or more metals 5. Amoeba A type of Protozoan that has no permanent shape 6. Amorphous having no definite form or dis...

Area of a square A=s^2 Area of a rectangle A=LW Area of a parallelogram A=BH Area of a triangle A=1/2BH Area of a trapezoid A=1/2H(B1+B2) Area of a circle A=piR^2 Perimeter of a square P=4S Perimeter of a rectangle P=2I+2W Perimeter of a triangle P=S1+S2+S3 Perimeter of the circumference of a circle C=2piR or C=piD SA & volume of rectangular/right prism SA=PH+2B & V=BH SA & Volume of cylinder SA=2piRH+2piR^2 & V=piR^2H SA & volume of pyramid SA=1/2PS+B & V=1/3BH SA & vo...

sum the answer to an addition problem 2. the difference the answer to a subtraction problem 3. product the answer to a multiplication problem 4. quotient the answer to a division problem 5. divisor the number you divide by 6. remainder the number that remains after subtraction 7. words used in ad- sum, total, all together dtion word prob- lems 8. words used in a subtraction word problem 9. words often used in division word problems how much more, how much less, find the differen...