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The fossil from utah was found in rocks that date from ______________ to 130 mya.

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Carnotaurus sastrei

Patagonia, Argentina

Gigantosaurus carolinii

Answer

Correct Answer: Instant Download.

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The ____________ deals with the well-being of the emt, career progression, and emt compensation.

Human resources department

Office of the medical director

EMS administrator or chief

Local public health department

Answer

Correct Answer: Human resources department

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Adult height should be measured to the nearest ____.

Quarter of an inch

Half of an inch

An inch

Answer

Correct Answer: Quarter of an inch

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The spinal cord is part of the ________ nervous system.

Peripheral

Somatic

Central

Autonomic

Afferent

Answer

Correct Answer: Central

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The _____ are only one cell in thickness and are the smallest blood vessels in the body.

Capillaries

Tissues

White blood cells

Answer

Correct Answer: Capillaries

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A/an ____ is an unfavorable response to a prescribed medical treatment.

Functional disorder

Organic disorder

Emergency room (ER)

Congenital disorder

Iatrogenic illness

Answer

Correct Answer: Iatrogenic illness

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An attribute that is deeply discrediting to an individual or a group because it overshadows other attributes and merits the individual or group may possess is called _____.

Stigma

Stereotype

Prejudice

Dogma

Answer

Correct Answer: Stigma

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A social role rooted in cultural definitions of the appropriate behavior of and response to people labeled as sick is called _____.

Sick role

Illness experience

Illness behavior

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Sick role

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A society where people are joined globally in their efforts to decrease danger and risk from large-scale biological, environmental, or military (nuclear) threats is called ______.

Risk society

Population growth

Exponential growth

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Risk society

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The science and practice of health protection and maintenance at a community level is called _____.

Public health

Risk society

Sick role

Stigma

Answer

Correct Answer: Public health

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Medicine that emphasizes a healthy lifestyle that will prevent poor health before it occurs is called _____.

Preventive medicine

Public health

Sick role

Pandemic

Answer

Correct Answer: Preventive medicine

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An outbreak of disease that occurs over a wide area is called _____.

Pandemic

Epidemic

Endemic

Outbreak

Answer

Correct Answer: Pandemic

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The rate of death in a particular population is called _____.

Mortality

Fertility

Morbidity

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Mortality

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The rate of illness in a particular population is called _____.

Morbidity

Mortality

Fertility

Utility

Answer

Correct Answer: Morbidity

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An institutionalized system for the scientific diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of illness is called _____.

Medicine

Health care

Vaccination

Surgery

Answer

Correct Answer: Medicine

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All those activities intended to sustain, promote, and enhance health is called health care.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The extent to which a person experiences a state of mental, physical, and social well-being is called _____.

Health

Disease

Medicine

Pandemic

Answer

Correct Answer: Health

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Policies and practices that impact the environment of communities where the population is disproportionately composed of ethnic and racial minorities is called environemntal racism.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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