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The heme prosthetic group consists of:

Which of these two nerves branch at the mental foramen from the inferior alveolar nerve?

What device is used to maintain the patency of tracheal stoma after removal of trach tube?

What commonly occurs in nasally intubated patients?

Which of the following glands produce only a serous type of saliva secretion?

A simple method can be used to asses cuff rupture. If a leak occurs during a cuff inflation maneuver, the cause may be a ruptured cuff or an ineffective pilot balloon valve. 

The structure of lysine in its fully protonated form is provided in the Link. The pKa for ionizable groups are 2.2 (alpha- carboxyl group), 9.0 (alpha- amino group), and 10.5 (amine in the side chain). The pI of lysine in  this protonated form is:

10.  A 38 year old woman with a history of severe and persistent mental illness presents to her PMHNP because she started leaking a white fluid from her breasts.  Which of the following is most likely to cause this?

39.  A 43 year old female with Schizoaffective disorder has been hospitalized for an acute manic episode and started on Clozapine.  She is completing weekly blood work.  Which of the following results would necessitate discontinuing Clozapine?

Match lines 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and 9.