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__________ is a non- cellular component of the blood that is mostly water and proteins.

The butterfly shaped organ located in the neck that produces thyroid hormones and calcitonin is the _______________

A patient comes in with a 2-week onset of neck pain/R radicular pain with no clear MOI. She states that she had pain as high as a 8/10 with certain movements. She has been noticing pain referring down her R UE into her thumb with associated N&T in the same area.  Aggravating Factors: Work (sitting at a desk) with pain up to 8/10 that takes the next morning to calm back down to 2/10 baseline, Turning head to the R (5/10 immediate pain) that takes 5 minutes to calm down. Driving with the inability to look to her R without a sharp pain. Sitting looking at phone/laptop within 5′ of performing her activity to a 6-8/10.  Easing Factors: “Sleeping it off” with reduction the next day. “Husband massaging neck” with minimal-to-no relief. Ibuprofen within 2 hours of taking.    How would you rate this patient’s irritability?

Location, shape, relative size, direction of fibers, number of origins, origin, and insertion of action are the 7 criteria for doing what?

_____________ refers to the shortest muscle in a group, while ______________ refers to the longest.

The __________ links the brain to the peripheral nervous system.

The ___________ gland produces hormones that help WBCs to mature.

_____________ is caused by spasms of the smooth muscle of the bronchial tree, making breathing difficult.

The four-lobed gland that produces bile, removes nutrients from the blood, stores vitamins and detoxifies waste is the ______________.

The photoreceptors that provide color vision are called _______________.