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Amino acids are hydrophilic solutes.  Suppose a particular type of amino acid is more concentrated in extracellular fluids than in intracellular fluids.  By which method will this amino acid enter the cell if needed?

Extra Credit (3 Points): Choose each location below that is lined with a mucous membrane on its inner surface (select ALL THAT APPLY):

Which type of tissue has the hardest extracellular matrix?

View this scoring rubric to see how I will score your answer.  Follow everything stated in the rubric to earn the best score.  Write your answer in paragraph form. An elderly patient arrives in the emergency room where you are a nurse.  He was burned in a kitchen fire at his home.  His face and neck have been burned (anterior side), as well as the upper half of his torso (anterior side) and approximately half of his right arm (front and back).  The burns are severe, as indicated by the multicolored look and obviously burned tissues.  Muscle and bone are even exposed in some areas.A.  Use the rule of nines to estimate the percentage of the patient’s body that has been burned.  What type of burn does he have, based on the description?B. What is the most immediate problem this patient has?  Describe why, based on skin function.C. What is the second most urgent problem this patient faces?  Describe why, based on skin function.D. The physician you are working with asks you to tell the patient’s family about what his treatments will include both immediately and down the road.  What would you tell them?  Include information about how the burns across his torso may affect his breathing and why.  

Movement of molecules from a region of greater concentration to a region of lesser concentration is the definition of:

Touch and pressure are sensed by:

Why might a third-degree burn injury be painless to a patient?

Tendons and ligaments are composed of this type of tissue, which resists pulling and tearing in one direction:

Which of the following are considered connective tissue? Mark all that apply.

This connective tissue consists of cells and platelets in a fluid matrix.