For a small fee, a(n) ________ can be obtained at the post office.

The EMT has fundamental understanding of abdominal trauma when he states:

A) "Evisceation injuries can be recognized by dark-colored bruising over the top of the injury site." B) "Blunt trauma tends to be more lethal than penetrating trauma because of the large number of organs affected." C) "Injury to the solid organs like the bladder tend to be more lethal than injury to of hollow organs." D) "Injury to the hollow organs tends to be worse than the solid organs because of the increased potential for blood loss."

The pressure exerted by the concentration of solutes on one side of a membrane that, if hypertonic, tends to "pull" water from the other side of the membrane is called:

a. hydrostatic pressure. c. oncotic force. b. osmotic pressure. d. net filtration.