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Exercise 11.2 Matching #1: Abbreviations Related To Hematology and Coagulation Match each abbreviation related to hematology and coagulation with its corresponding description.

Exercise 11.1 Crossword Puzzle: Terms and Definitions Across 2. A test that gives information about the numbers and types of circulating cells [2] 4. Stacking of red blood cells [4] 7. Vacuolization, Dohle bodies, and cytoplasmic basophilia in neutrophils (2 words) [7] 10. Nonnucleated fragments of cytoplasm released from megakaryocytes [10] 11. A nucleated red blood cells [11] 13. Falsely decreased in patients with red blood cell agglutination. [13] 17. Percentage of RBCs in a specific volume of blood (3 words) [17] 18. Large in some poodles, very small in goats, and ovals in camels (3 words) [18] 21. Variation in cell size [21] 23. A test that evaluates the intrinsic pathway of the coagulation cascade. [23] 24. The term “leukopenia” means decreased numbers of these (3 words) [24] 25. The most abundant granulocyte in rabbits. [25] 26. In most species, this is approximately equal to the PCV divided by 3. [26]

Read each of the selections below. Then carefully consider the questions that follow and choose the best responses. Passage C What’s the secret of a happy marriage? Call me a romantic if you want, but for me, the answer is the same simple, beautiful idea that has been making relationships work for thousands of years: separate bathrooms. You give two people room to spread out their toiletry articles, and you have the basis of a long-term relationship. But you make them perform their personal hygiene activities in the same small enclosed space, year in and year out, constantly finding the other person’s bodily hairs stuck on their deodorant sticks, and I don’t care how loving they were when they started out. I don’t care if they were Romeo and Juliet. They’ll be slipping poison into each other’s non-dairy creamer. The primary purpose of this paragraph is to [blank1].

Read and choose the primary purpose of each sentence: to inform (I), persuade (P), or entertain (E). [blank1] Chimpanzees, gorillas, and elephants are among the few animals that can recognize themselves in mirrors. [blank2] This duck walks into a drugstore and he says, “Gimme some Chapstick and put it on my bill.” [blank3] Parents should carefully monitor their children’s use of the internet. [blank4] I never knew what real happiness was until I got married—then it was too late. [blank5] Because of their brilliant direction, great acting, and powerful insights into the nature of American life, the Godfather I and II movies should be considered among the best American movies of all time. [blank6] About 65 million years ago, the last dinosaurs vanished in a mass extinction which coincided with a direct hit by an asteroid the size of Mount Everest.  

Read each of the selections below. Then carefully consider the questions that follow and choose the best responses. Passage E We pulled out into traffic and immediately were serenaded by a blaring horn from a car speeding by us in the next lane. Apparently we had pulled out in front of the car, causing the driver to swerve quickly to avoid hitting us. We felt bad and were thankful that nothing serious had happened, but the other driver wasn’t so quick to forgive. For several miles she maneuvered to make us pull over, or slowed down in the neighboring lane in order to pull alongside our car. I wanted nothing to do with this and slowed down as well to avoid facing her. Finally, she pulled over as she approached a right-hand turn, and as we went by, she stuck her head out the window and screamed venomous slurs our way. I’ll never forget the expression on the woman’s face as we went by. It was filled with such hatred, such rage. The primary purpose of this paragraph is to [blank1]. The author’s tone is [blank2].

Please explain how does supply and demand affect stock prices?

Close is the term to describe any trades that are made after the market closes.

What is hypernasality, and what are its common causes?

What type of resonance disorder occurs when there is too much sound resonating in the nasal cavity during speech?

The __________ moves in a superior and posterior direction to close off the nasal cavity during speech production.