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Name one cranial nerve that has primarily motor function.

The above image shows isolation streaking of Pseudomonas fluorescens under ultraviolet radiation. Which of the following is the best explanation for why a researcher flame sterilize a loop between each of the five streaks shown above?

Which of the following is NOT a combining form for testicles?

Punishment reduces the chance that a behavior will be repeated.

An unknown sample has been given to you and you must enumerate the phage load. You begin your investigation by serially diluting a sample resulting in the following dilutions: 10-2, 10-4, and 10-6. You spread 100 µL of 10-2 and 10-6 dilution onto a separate nutrient agar plate and incubate for 48 hours. Upon examining your plates, you observe the following results:  10-4: 100 PFU,  Calculate the phage titer for the plate in PFU/mL.   

Which of the following terms means near death?

You are conducting a serial dilution of a stock sample. You transfer 6mL from your stock into your first dilution tube containing 12mL. What is the dilution of this fourth tube in the series? 

Surgical removal of a well-defined portion of an organ is a

Doing more with less in the terms of resources invested in a business and where possible controlling the resources without owning them is known as Benchmarking.

What is it called when precautions are taken to prevent contamination, generally of a surgical site?