A 42-year-old welder comes to the emergency room because he has noticed drooping in his face and a constantly watering right eye. He had an upper respiratory infection 2 weeks before these symptoms started. On physical examination, his pupils are equal, round, and reactive to light and accommodation; the right side of his face droops both above and below the forehead when he tries to smile; and he is unable to close his right eye completely. There is no tongue deviation. You diagnose him with Bell’s palsy. Which cranial nerve is affected in this condition?

There was concern that the economic situation in Thailand would lead to a bank run. But banks would have been likely to fail since they only hold a fraction of their deposits in cash. 

While auscultating a patient’s abdomen, the NP hears a systolic bruit in the epigastric area. It occurs at a fixed interval after the apical impulse. The most likely source of his bruit is

Loose bodies from a _________ may interfere with joint function causing the joint to “lock up”.

Long bone growth in length during infancy and youth is primarily through ________.

The purpose of conducting the Rinne test is to determine conduction of sound through the bone and through the auditory canal. A normal Rinne test is described as:

Ms. Bench presents with HPV and wonders about possible complications. You explain that it can lead to ..

As the NP compresses the suprapratellar pouch back against the femur & feeling for fluid with Mrs. Staples, s/he is performing the

Assume that country A’s interest rate is lower than country B’s interest rate at a point right now. If there are no other expected changes, we would anticipate that country A’s currency will _______ relative to B’s. 

Assume that Thailand is experiencing inflation that is 1.5 times that seen in China (holding all else constant). From the theory of relative PPP we know that the Baht will ______ and the Yuan _______.