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The nurse practitioner is completing a GBS culture from a pregnant patient. From which anatomical location should the specimen for group B streptococcus screening be obtained? 

In olfaction, receptors are found on the:

Since the visceral reflex arc contains two efferent neurons instead of one and since one neuron is unmyelinated, visceral reflexes are _____.

Half of the fibers of each optic nerve decussate at the ______.

The observation that smelling fresh baked cookies can send you back to an early childhood memory is probably due to the nerve fibers of the olfactory projection pathway sending this information about smell to the _____ when the memory was being formed.

If you are in the woods and a scary bear growls, your pupils are likely to become:

In the figure to the right, which cell is not a true neuron, but releases neurotransmitter?

When you move up as you change from a sitting to a standing position, the receptor of the ______ senses this vertical acceleration.

Vasoconstriction can most directly result in:

______ waves are expected in an electroencephalogram (EEG) of a healthy adult that is awake and whose mind is relaxed or wondering.