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A Patient Uses Rosary Beads and Attends Mass Once a Week

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A patient uses rosary beads and attends mass once a week. This expression of spirituality is best described with which term?


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Diastole

The phase of the heart's cycle during which the heart muscles relax and the chambers fill with blood.

Fibrillation

An uncoordinated twitching of the muscle fibers, particularly in the heart, leading to inefficient pumping action.

Ischemia

A condition characterized by insufficient blood flow to a part of the body, causing a shortage of oxygen that is needed for cellular metabolism.

Depolarization

A reduction in the difference in electrical charge across a cell's plasma membrane, typically leading to nerve impulse transmission or muscle contraction.

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