One of your patients has just been told that he has a mediastinal tumor. He continues to have shortness of breath and difficulty swallowing. What does the mediastinum NOT contain?

A 68 year old female presents to the hospital for hip surgery secondary to increasing intensity of pain. The pain is located on the lower portion of the anterior abdominal wall with the femoral region inferiorly, the coxal region laterally, and the pelvic region medially. Where is this patient’s pain?

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic, hereditary condition that affects the lungs and digestive system. Usually it is related to a build-up of thick and sticky mucous that clogs up the airways and ducts of the digestive system, resulting in trouble breathing and issues with nutrient absorption. In some cases of CF, it is caused by an abnormal proliferation of:

Your 34 year old patient was recently diagnosed with a chronic lung infection and a past medical history of a cardiac defect, indicating that he is likely not receiving adequate oxygen for perfusion of his body tissues. What would be his most likely clinical sign and/or symptom?

A patient is rushed to the emergency room via ambulance after being caught in a house fire. He has suffered third degree burns to his entire face, the superior half of his anterior chest, and to the anterior surface of his right arm, forearm, and hand. What is the estimated surface burn area of this patient’s body?

Match the layers of the epidermis of the palmar surface of the hand from deepest (1) to most superficial (5). 

_______ “ poverty-stricken individuals without collateral to acquire very small loans .”

The __________________________ refers to ten economic-policy recommendations by the IMF, the World Bank, the US Treasury and other financial institutions for developing countries to qualify for loans.

Give an example for each of three of the following, according to Appadurai’s different cultural “landscapes” (99-101): ethnoscape mediascape technoscape financescape ideoscape

“The ____________________  a military alliance founded in 1955 that united the Soviet Union and its Eastern European allies.”