A 65-year old Caucasian man presents to the emergency room with a crushing substernal chest pain. He states the pain started 30 minutes before and he has never had an episode like this before. He is a smoker and has a history of diabetes. His mother had a myocardial infarction at 60 years of age. He takes insulin for his diabetes but no other medications including over-the-counter medications. He has no known allergies. His initial cardiac troponin was negative and his ECG reveals ST depression that measures 0.8 mm in anterior the leads. According to his TIMI score, which of the following is the most appropriate management? A. Administer 300 mg of clopidogrel
B. Discharge the patient home with close follow up
C. Measure serial cardiac troponin levels
D. Perform an immediate percutaneous intervention

Sensory adaptation of cutaneous temperature receptors some types of sensory receptors, like pain receptors, will continue to transduce pain until the stimulus is removed. other sensory receptors may respond with an initial burst in production of action potentials, but will “adapt” and over time action potentials will cease. sensory adaptation occurs, for example, with olfactory receptors for smell. procedure have the subject place one hand in an ice bath while simultaneously placing the other hand in a warm water bath (@40oc). the subject should keep their hands in the designated baths for two minutes. after two minutes, remove both hands and place both hands in a room temperature water bath. record your observations review questions 1. describe how each hand felt after taking them out of the designated water baths and placing them into the room temperature water bath. 2. define sensory adaptation and relate it to what happened to the temperature receptors in the subject’s hands. 3. list and describe sensory receptors that adapt, and sensory receptors that do not.

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Which statement supports the principle ideas of jean piaget's philosophy? adults should not interact with teachers. children are best educated through standardized training. adults do not think better than children, but they think differently. children should not form hypotheses until they are certain their findings will be correct.