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Which of the following BEST describes a neurotransmitter?
 
  a. long fibers that serve to conduct electrical impulses
  b. small chains of amino acids that act on the nervous system
  c. chemical messengers released across the synaptic cleft
  d. the entire complement of heritable information

Question 2

A nursing student has been feeling increasingly overwhelmed. In addition to attending nursing school, the client works full time at night to support his wife and two young children.
 
  He missed clinical this week because he overslept, and he also failed a test. His boss has reprimanded him for falling asleep on the job. This evening, his wife found him in the garage assembling a noose. When she questioned him, he began to cry. She immediately brought him to the emergency department. The nurse understands this type of crisis is:
  A) Maturational/developmental.
  B) Dispositional.
  C) Originating from anticipated life transitions.
  D) Resulting from traumatic stress.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C
Neurotransmitters are the chemical messengers released across the synaptic cleft. The dendrites then respond to the message in an inhibitory or excitatory manner.

Answer to Question 2

B


xclash

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Reply #2 on: Jul 19, 2018
Thank you


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Reply #3 on: Jul 19, 2018
No problemo


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