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1. Which situation describes a dilemma in healthcare equity?

A) A nurse is burnt out from caring for too many patients in a city hospital.

B) A patient wants to pursue an option that’s different from his doctor’s advice.

C) A poor rural area lacks the resources to support a fully staffed medical center.

D) A patient has to pay more out of pocket due to a rise in his health insurance deductible.

1. pass through the cochlea, are transformed into nerve impulses and sent to the brain hair cells 2. forms in your outer ear and is meant to protect your ear from dirt and infection middle ear 3. receives sounds and sends them through the auditory canal to the eardrum inner ear 4. a thin membrane that transmits sound waves into the middle ear cerumen 5. where the cochlea is sound waves 6. a snail-shaped organ lined with hair cells cochlea 7. inside, small bones transmit sound waves from the eardrum to the inner ear eardrum 8. destroyed by extended exposure to loud noise outer ear