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Typically, there are __________ papillary muscles that project from the wall of the left ventricle and attach to the tendinous cords that support the left AV valve.

The “buffy coat” in a centrifuged blood sample is composed of

Just prior to atrial contraction,

Which layer is made of dense irregular connective tissue?

Vascular spasm is triggered by blood vessel injury.

A fetal heart rate tracing that the nurse is observing shows a baseline FHR of 155, with moderate variability, and early decelerations noted with contractions. There are no variable or late decelerations present. Into which category can this tracing be placed?

Which clotting pathway involves more steps and takes more time (approximately 5 minutes)?

The carbon dioxide molecules that bind to the hemoglobin molecule are attached to the __________ units.

Consider a branch target buffer implemented as a fully associative cache. It stores a valid bit, the tag of every taken branch, and the destination PC for that branch.  (2 points) Why might this design be slow? (2 points) How might we change the design to alleviate this? 

Blood plasma is slightly _______; if pH drifts out of the normal range, dire consequences can result from alterations in the structure of _______ .