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The protein in the mitochondria that captures or utilizes the kinetic energy of moving H+ ions and converts it to the stored energy in ATP is called ___________.

Use the pull-down menus to insert the best terms that make these sentences true: The reactions of glycolysis occur in the cell’s [blank1].  The reactions of the Citric Acid Cycle occur in the [blank2].

During an abdominal assessment, you palpate deeply into the right upper quadrant. The patient immediately responds with severe pain during the palpation. This is a positive _______ sign.

Your aircraft arrives to find an ALS crew providing fluid resuscitation to a 75-kg burn patient with 27% BSA burns. They have a liter bag of isotonic fluids connected to a dial-a-flow at 500 mL/hr. With bilateral IVs, analgesia administered, and the airway patent, what should the CCTP do when they are en route to the burn center?

You are transporting a patient who recently sustained major crush injuries to both legs. The cardiac monitor shows peaked T waves. What electrolyte would you suspect to be elevated?

On a blank sheet of paper, complete ALL of the following steps to answer this question: Write the question number in the upper-left corner and circle it. Logically arrange ALL the terms below into a structure/function map. Start with the most general term(s) at the top. If an abbreviation is given in the table below, you MUST spell out what that abbreviation means in your map.  DO NOT USE ANY ABBREVIATIONS IN YOUR SUBMITTED ANSWER FOR THIS QUESTION. You CAN use the terms given below more than once if that helps you to construct a logical map. You CAN insert extra terms into your structure/function map if they help you complete this map, but just make sure they are used correctly!  Make sure that your logic is clear in this diagram, because your instructor will only interpret what you draw, without any additional explanation from you later.  Try reading it back to yourself to make sure it makes complete, logical sense before you submit it! Take a picture of this structure/function map with your cell phone and email that image from your phone to your professor (christopher_machado@cuesta.edu) BEFORE you submit your exam.   Make the Subject line of your email “structure/function map”   Monosaccharides Polysaccharides DNA Cytosine Cellulose Lactose Biomolecules Nucleic acids Lipids Triglycerides Disaccharides Proteins Glucose Phosphofructokinase Nucleotides Carbohydrates   P.S., YOU DO NOT NEED TO TYPE ANYTHING IN THE ESSAY SPACE BELOW.  JUST IGNORE IT.  YOU ONLY NEED TO EMAIL AN IMAGE OF YOUR STRUCTURE/FUNCTION MAP TO YOUR INSTRUCTOR TO COMPLETE THIS QUESTION.

_______ is the diffusion of fluid across membranes.

Isozymes are …

You are transporting a trauma patient to a tertiary care facility for definitive care. Prior to transport, this patient underwent a prolonged resuscitation effort at the sending hospital. Based on the prolonged resuscitation, which of the following would be the most specific test to reflect organ perfusion?

This five-carbon sugar is used to make RNA nucleotides.