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The white arrows point to a landmark. What is the name of this landmark?

______ Zygoma (malar) bone 

This radiographic landmark is radiopaque and is formed by the junction of the two maxilla bones located under the nose.

What distance is the alveolar crest from the CEJ that indicates periodontal disease?

_____ Porcelain 

Which of the following would be proper for a patient you suspect has a communicable disease? 

A baseball team of ten young teenagers is visiting town for a tournament today. Two of the players have swollen parotid ﴾salivary﴿ glands with cough and fever. You are called to evaluate and transport if necessary. Based on this assessment information, what recommendation would you make to the team guardian?

Which of the following patients would MOST likely require the application of restraints?

Your EMS team has extricated a 70‐year‐old patient from the vehicle after it went off the road at a high rate of speed and hit a tree. The patient has an altered mental status and is unable to provide a medical history. You are concerned that a cardiac problem may have precipitated the incident, but you must also rule out:

In the lab videos I talked about the unfortunate nickname for the anterior interventricular artery. What was that nickname?