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TFauchery

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Although the hypothalamus plays a key role in body temperature regulation, there are two types of thermoreceptors elsewhere in the body. They are the:
 
  A) peripheral thermoreceptors and central thermoreceptors.
  B) appendicular thermoreceptors and axial thermoreceptors.
  C) internal thermoreceptors and external thermoreceptors.
  D) aortic thermoreceptors and carotid thermoreceptors.

Question 2

For which of the following burn patients could you use local cooling?
 
  A) An 18-month-old child with partial and full thickness scald burns on the lower extremities, buttocks, genitalia, and lower abdomen
  B) A 19-year-old woman with approximately 40 percent superficial and 45 percent partial thickness burns from sunbathing
  C) A 15-year-old man with partial thickness burns of his left upper extremity, anterior chest, and neck resulting from playing with gasoline and matches
  D) A 52-year-old man with a 1-inch-wide full thickness burn across the entire width of the palm of his right hand resulting from picking up a hot grate from a barbecue grill


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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

D



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