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CharlieWard

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A physician orders a placebo for a patient. What is a placebo?
 
  A) an inactive substance given in place of a drug
  B) a smaller than usual dose of an analgesic
  C) an analgesic with no known side effects
  D) an intravenous form of a potent analgesic

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Which of the following best describes a stimulus?
 
  A) a sense organ that receives a message and converts it into a nerve impulse
  B) conduction along a nerve pathway from the receptor to the brain
  C) reception and translation of an impulse into a sensation
  D) an act or agent that initiates a response by the nervous system


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alvinum

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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

D


CharlieWard

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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:D TYSM

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