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Which of the following is found within the superior border of the falx cerebri?

The elastic recoil of large arteries function as a

Which contains the endothelium?

During the cold pressor test, which centers of the medulla are turned ON?

If a subject experiences a sudden drop in BP, which centers of the medulla are turned on?

We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with myriad subtleties.   Why should the world be over-wise, In counting all our tears and sighs? Nay, let them only see us, while        We wear the mask.   We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries To thee from tortured souls arise. We sing, but oh the clay is vile Beneath our feet, and long the mile; But let the world dream otherwise,        We wear the mask!

Late submissions of essays will receive point deductions of 10 points per day (a letter grade per day) and after two days will not be accepted and will earn a zero on the assignment.

Identify the title of the quote: “That was why Chicken Little was missing for three days and didn’t get to the embalmer’s until the fourth day, by which time he was unrecognizable to almost everybody who once knew him, and even his mother wasn’t deep down sure, except that it just had to be him since nobody could find him. When she saw his clothes lying on the table in the basement of the mortuary, her mouth snapped shut, and when she saw his body her mouth flew wide open again and it was seven hours before she was able to close it and make the first sound.”

Identify the title: I have ridden in your cart, driver, waved my nude arms at villages going by, learning the last bright routes, survivor where your flames still bite my thigh and my ribs crack where your wheels wind. A woman like that is not ashamed to die. I have been her kind.

Identify the following author: This poet was one of the writers who chose to live in Europe after World War I when so many were disillusioned with the destruction of the war and the seeming party atmosphere of the twenties. His verses are often recognizable because of the unusual spacing and capitalization of his lines that do not follow the conventions of poetry stanzas.  The unusual spacing adds to the insight in the poetry and shows the spoken reading of the poems.