Your male patient complaining of abdominal pain describes his pain as a dull, crampy sensation that is making him nauseous. The patient is most likely describing ________ pain

A) visceral
B) referred
C) somatic
D) parietal

A

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Each of the following statements regarding fundamentals of panoramic radiography is correct EXCEPT one. Which one is the EXCEPTION?

a. The rotational center is the axis on which the tube head and the cassette rotate. b. The x-ray source and the film remain stationary. c. They are based on the principles of tomography. d. The x-rays emerge from a narrow, vertical slit in the tube head.

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Workers' compensation insurance provides weekly cash payments and reimburses health care costs for covered employees who develop a work-related illness or sustain an injury while on the job. It also provides payments to qualified dependents of a worker who dies from a compensable illness or injury. Each state establishes a workers' compensation __________, which is responsible for administering workers' compensation laws and handling appeals for denied claims or cases in which a worker feels compensation was too low.

a. board b. fund c. plan d. program

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