You have just answered 10 questions at this point of the exam.  Approximately 10 minutes should have gone by, which means you should have 51 minutes left on the exam timer.  Take a deep breath, relax, and use all of the time that is available to you.  Do you understand that you do not need to rush through these questions and that you should have 51 minutes left to complete the rest of this exam?

When atoms of elements on the left side of the periodic table (e.g., Na, K, Mg, Ca) ionize, they tend to

Some medications used to decrease the effects of spasticity include:

A secondary complication of Parkinson’s disease that results from degeneration of the basal ganglia and substantia nigra is:

Your patient sustained a cauda equina spinal cord injury at L2-L4 spinal segments 2 weeks ago.  Which of the following secondary complications would you NOT likely expect your patient to exhibit?

A gas sample is confined within a chamber that has a movable piston. A small load is placed on the piston; and the system is allowed to reach equilibrium. If the total weight of the piston and load is 70.0 N and the piston has an area of 5.0 × 10–4 m2, what is the pressure exerted on the piston by the gas? Note: Atmospheric pressure is 1.013 × 105 Pa.

I have finished the test on Hawkes and will momentarily upload my work to Canvas under the assignment called “Student Work for Final Exam”  so that I will not receive a “0”. 

For your fourth source (alphabetically by the author’s last name or the title if no author), answer the following questions thoroughly. 1. What is the author’s name? Why should your source be trusted? You may address author credentials, organizational affiliations, robust research, etc. 2. What does the author say about the topic? Be as detailed as possible since this assignment will prepare you for the research argument.  3. How do you anticipate using this information as you write your upcoming argument? (Feel free to use first-person and even to ramble a bit here as you speculate about the specific uses to which you may put the source.)

The brain sends signals to the muscles and receives information from the body. Efferent neurons send muscle commands and _______________ neurons send sensory information to the brain.

True/False: Both our respiration and heartbeat slow down during stage 1 sleep.