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1.2 Select the correct term for the following descriptions.   1.2.1 The movement of particles from a high concentration to a low concentration. [1]  (1) 1.2.2 Blood vessels transporting blood away from the heart. [2]  (1) 1.2.3 Blood vessels transporting blood at a lowered pressure, against gravity. [3] (1) 1.2.4 Inhalation and exhalation are examples of… [4] (1) 1.2.5 Select the two circuits of the circulatory system. [5] (1)  

Serum viscosity can be measured in the clinical laboratory to assess whether a patient has hyperviscosity, a condition that can lead to circulatory problems.  Monoclonal immunoglobulins of which of the following isotypes are most commonly associated with hyperviscosity:

The characteristic immunoglobulin that is elevated in Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia is:

 The patient displays signs and symptoms of vascular abnormalities, abnormal sudomotor activity and abnormal pain response to normal stimulus in one distal limb.  This presentation is associated with ____?

A deficiency of CD18 can be seen in patients with:

A patient was involved in a motor vehicle accident and sustained a proximal fibula fracture and damage to the motor nerve distal to the common peroneal nerve.  Where in the gait cycle would we observe the MOST deficits related to this injury?

The Peripheral Nervous System includes all of the following EXCEPT:

The characteristic immunoglobulin that is elevated in Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia is:

The thalamus and the hypothalamus are part of the ____?

A PTA treats a patient with a complete C6 (no movement below the level of the lesion) spinal cord injury. Which muscle(s) would NOT be functioning?