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A 50-year-old woman presents to the ED with generalized fatigue and weakness and easy bruising.  She reports that she has recently gained appx. 20 pounds.  On exam she is noted to have thinning of her skin and purple stretch marks on her abdomen. Laboratory studies are revealing for Fasting glucose: 130 mg/dL (normal 70-90) Serum potassium: 3.2 mEq/L (normal 3.5-5.0) WBC: 14.8 x10^9/L (normal 4.5-11) With which of the following diagnoses is her presentation most consistent with?

A group of muscle cells innervated by a single neuron is called a:

Striated and involuntary muscle tissue, with intercalated discs:

Making a circle or cone shape with a bone:

Arrector pili are muscles best associated with:

Virulence factors of S. pyogenes include _______.

The less movable, usually proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone.

Acute endocarditis is most commonly contracted through ______.

Infection travels to the middle ear by way of the ______.

An adult patient  is receiving mechanical ventilation.  Which of the following should be recommended to improve oxygenation and recruit collapsed alveoli?