One-half of the blood from the mother passes through the fetus's liver and one-half of the blood enters the newborn's central circulation via a shunt known as the ____.

The son of an 88-year-old patient states that he told his mother to increase the amount of an antibiotic she was taking so she would "feel better faster." This represents a problem because the elderly have:

a. decreased respiratory function. b. an increased risk for stroke. c. decreased liver and kidney function. d. an increased risk for cancer.

All the following represent connective tissue reactions to injury except:

a. Pyogenic granuloma b. Traumatic neuroma c. Peripheral ossifying fibroma d. Lymphangioma e. Peripheral fibroma