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A 27-year-old African American woman comes to the clinic because of progressive weakness and difficulty walking for a few days. She also notes that her fingers have been feeling “numb and tingly” in the last 2 days. She tells you that she is generally very healthy except for an upper GI infection 2-3 weeks ago that lasted for 4 days. There is no history of trauma. Her temperature is 37.0 C (98.6 F) blood pressure is 125/80 mm Hg, pulse is 70/min, and respirations are 12/min. On physical examination, her extraocular movements are full. There is weakness in her hands and throughout her lower extremities with decreased tone. What additional finding on your examination would most strongly support your suspected diagnosis? 

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A serious, preventable complication of untreated idiopathic intracranial hypotension is:

A 24-year-old woman with Graves’ disease presents complaining of blurry and double vision during her afternoon commute driving home from work for the last several months. She also reports weakness with climbing stairs and brushing her hair. She has positive acetylcholine receptor antibodies in her blood. Pyridostigmine leads to improvement of her clinical symptoms. In discussing the patient’s clinical course, which of the following would be the next best diagnostic imaging modality?

Flow of blood through veins is principally attributed to what factor(s)?

The diffusion of small and lipid soluble substances such as oxygen through the plasma membrane of the endothelial cells is known as what type of movement.

Which cell is directly involved in destruction of cancer cells?

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Identify muscle C (one word). [6cc9ad97-ee08-418b-b16e-8d5c25b6ee1a]