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Question 1 · Grammar

Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?

  • A. Both patient's families arrived early.
  • B. Both patients' families arrived early.
  • C. Both patients families arrived early.
  • D. Both patients's families arrived early.
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B. Both patients' families arrived early.

Both shows there is more than one patient, so the plural possessive patients' is correct.

Question 2 · Anatomy and Physiology

Which type of muscle is under voluntary control?

  • A. Skeletal muscle
  • B. Cardiac muscle
  • C. Smooth muscle
  • D. Cardiac and smooth muscle
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A. Skeletal muscle

Skeletal muscle is controlled by the somatic nervous system, so it moves when we choose.

Question 3 · Anatomy and Physiology

A nursing student receives a hepatitis B vaccine and later produces antibodies and memory cells against the virus. This is an example of which type of immunity?

  • A. Artificially acquired active immunity
  • B. Naturally acquired active immunity
  • C. Artificially acquired passive immunity
  • D. Naturally acquired passive immunity
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A. Artificially acquired active immunity

A vaccine is a deliberate exposure (artificial), and the student's own immune system makes the antibodies and memory cells (active).

Question 4 · Anatomy and Physiology

A student athlete falls on an outstretched arm during practice and reports pain in the upper arm, between the shoulder and the elbow.

Which bone is most likely fractured based on the described location?

  • A. Radius
  • B. Humerus
  • C. Clavicle
  • D. Scapula
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B. Humerus

The humerus is the single long bone of the upper arm, running from the shoulder to the elbow.

Question 5 · Anatomy and Physiology

What is the correct order of structural organization from simplest to most complex?

  • A. Organ, tissue, cell, organ system
  • B. Tissue, cell, organ, organ system
  • C. Cell, tissue, organ, organ system
  • D. Cell, organ, tissue, organ system
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C. Cell, tissue, organ, organ system

Similar cells form tissues, tissues form organs, and organs work together as organ systems.

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