An elderly patient might understate or minimize the symptoms of his or her illness because:

Think about what process would NOT be able to sufficiently happen if one’s diet was deficient in phosphorus (which is present abundantly in  ANY whole food by the way).  You may need a review / hint from General Biology (and also you’ll need to remember the basic parts of a cell), and there they are:  The “phosphate-sugar backbone” is an essential ingredient of DNA.  SO, to repeat the question:  What process would NOT be able to sufficiently happen if one’s diet was deficient in phosphorus?

As you and your team are removing an unresponsive patient from her wrecked car, you note that she has deformities to both of her legs and a deformity to her left humerus. You should:

Antibodies binding to antigens… then getting stuck under basement membranes where immune cells cannot properly phagocytize them…resulting in the immune cells releasing inflammatory chemicals at the membrane and destroying that part of the membrane (resulting in rashes and “autoimmune” reactions) can be called _______

To evaluate hazards present at the scene and determine the number of patients, you should:

There should be _______ in the blood if the pathogenic organism is suspected to have already been fought off or suppressed by the immune system.

What type of immune cell are largely “communicators” of the “alarming” message of a foreign invader in the body?  HINT:  These are the same cells primarily preyed upon by the HIV virus. 

An obese person is ________ over ideal weight.

Which of the following would be the most practical method of communicating with a hearing-impaired patient until his or her hearing aids can be located?

The purpose of a ventricular peritoneum shunt is to: