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A 19-year-old male presents with right knee pain. He reports he felt a popping sensation two weeks ago while playing basketball. He reports pain and swelling of the knee, but it seemed better the next day, however, when he twists to the side, he feels like the knee is going to pop out of place. physical exam, there is no swelling or crepitation but there seems to be some laxity of the knee joint, and a positive Lachman. most likely diagnosis is:

Which of the following selections is not a mechanism by which beta-blockers relieve angina?

A 70-year-old man presents to clinic for a physical exam. He has a history of atrial fibrillation. With the patient in a left lateral position, the NP notes a soft, low pitched, rumbling murmur with the bell of his stethoscope. Which of the following disorders is most likely?

A 49-year-old is diagnosed with essential hypertension with blood pressure readings that are in the 160/90’s range.Which of the following provides the best prognostic information concerning this patient?

Which physical assessment is required prior to initiating a new hypertensive adult patient on an ACE-I?

African American patients tend to have a reduced effect with antihypertensive monotherapy with all of the following blood pressure medications except:

A person with advanced AIDS develops bacterial pneumonia while in the hospital.  In this case, the bacteria pneumonia is the:

You are sitting in Microbiology lab with a culture of E. coli O157:H7 open to the air.  A fly lands on the agar and picks up the E. coli on its feet, then lands on your lab partner’s sandwich (which shouldn’t be in the lab).  Your lab partner eats the sandwich and develops severe diarrhea.  This would be an example of which type of disease transmission?

Which statement best describes what is happening in step 4A in the figure above?

Which of the following statements about translation is FALSE?