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Questions to ask admissions at MCPHS - · What do you think sets this program apart from others? · What do you believe PA students like most about this program? · What do you like most about teaching at this program? What do you like most about working with PA students? · Do you find your gra...

setting expansion - the slight swelling of the gypsum while it is getting hard, crystals push against each other creating porosities study model cast - is a positive reproduction of both maxillary and mandibular, is a positive reproduction of the hard & soft tissues of the oral cavity sodium pho...

intervertebral disks - -provide support -prevent vertebrae from rubbing against each other -compresses with age, making a human shorter posterior view of the skull (name parts) - -parietal and occipital bones -lambdoid suture: between parietal bones and occipital bone -external occipital protub...

What is the difference between ubiquinone (Q) and ubiquinol (QH2) - Q is fully oxidized so it has no electrons, QH2 is fully reduced so it has 2 more electrons and H+ than Q What are the other sequentially acting electron carriers in the respiratory chain besides NAD and flavoproteins - Hydrophob...

Which of these conditions would NOT affect the ability of Streptococcus mutans to attach to teeth? - The absence of Actinomyces, a bacterium that can be part of dental plaque cell wall components - M proteins: mediates attachment and resists phagocytosis (strep. pyogenes) Opa protein: assist att...

What decreases water solubility? - Increasing # of C atoms in a molecule and increased molecular weight Clinical Phase III - Studies benefit/risk relationship of drug, less common/longer term side effects, and labeling information on a very large group of patients Active Pharmaceutical Ingredien...

epilepsy - CNS disorder due to disturbed electrical brain activity any age, intense, longer lasting, recurs aphasia - loss of speech speech controlled by left brain motor speech area: production of language receptive/sensory area: understanding speech -itis - inflammation pain (dolor) , redne...

Mature bone matrix is composed of _________ material like collagen and proteoglycans and ________ material like hydroxyapatite. - organic, inorganic Describe the overall composition of bone tissue. - Bone consists of bone cells and matrix. The bones cells create the matrix, which is constantly be...

ot/o - combining form: ear Anterior - Surface region of the body, front (or ventral), including thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic cavities. posterior - Surface region of the body, back (or dorsal), cranial and spinal cavities. prone - lying face down, anterior part of the body down supine - lying...

prim - one hemi - half myel - pertaining to the bone neur. - nervous system/brain a. or an. - lack my. - pertaining to the muscle .algia - pain .rrhea - discharge .emia - blood condition .iasis - formation or in the presence of .itis - inflammation .malacia - softening .oma - - conditio...

Integumentary System Functions - Provide protection, regulate temperature, prevents water loss, and helps produce vitamin D Major Organs of the Body - Brain, spinal cord, lung, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, stomach, gallbladder, kidneys, small intestine, large intestine, urinary bladder Anatom...