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An athlete with chronic low back pain under your care required to increase in the dose of one of his medications because of a diminished response from continued use of the drug. This phenomenon is known as:

An athlete approaches you with knee pain that she woke up with this morning. She has had pain in this knee before but says it’s bothering her more today because of the weather and she thinks she might have slept weird as well. She already took Tylenol for pain but tells you its not working and asks you if you have any more for her to take right now before she goes onto the field to play. When you ask how much she took and when she last took it, she tells you she took 2 extra strength tablets about 30 minutes ago. Using the information provided (not considering what the actual injury may be), would you provide an additional dose of Tylenol to your athlete before she steps onto the field for the game? Provide at least 2 reasons to support your decision.

Place the following in the order that lymph would travel through them from the right thigh to the blood supply: cysterna chyli thoracic (left lymphatic) duct right lymphatic duct  right lumbar trunk

Which of the following does NOT occur in the first week of development?

The _______________ lymphatic trunks drain the thoracic wall, lungs, and heart.

Which of the following is NOT one of the key signs of inflammation?

_______________ is a protein digesting enzyme released by some immune cells (NK and CD 8’s) that induces apoptosis of a cell.

An acute allergic response can lead to:

The _______________ pathway of complement activation is reliant upon the interaction between antibodies and antigens.

The _______________ tonsils are found at the base of the tongue, which can on occasion be removed.