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Which of the following mishap investigation responsibilities would reside with the flight surgeon and not the MAJCOM?
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Identify and prevent future mishaps
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Locally, who is responsible for implementing safe practices to prevent mishaps?
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Each individual
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Specifically, who makes the final determination on return to flying status when aircrew are treated in other clinics?
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Any flight surgeon
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Which of the following is a unique characteristic of the solid propellant used in most missile systems?
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Once ignited, it cannot be extinguished
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Which of the following concerns would be considered primary physical hazards for personnel assigned to Missile Alert Facilities?
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Sanitation, food, water, and facility safety.
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what are the primary operational hazards for personnel who work at a Missile Alert Facility or Launch Facility?
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Motor vehicle accidents and the environment
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Record mishaps as aircraft flight mishaps when
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there is an intent for flight
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whenever a mishap results in reportable damage of $1,000,000 or more, you must report it as what class of mishap?
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A
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If an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle crashes in Afghanistan, what is the procedure for determinng whether it is reportable as an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle mishap?
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Determine if another DoD aircraft was involved
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when responding to a mishap, you should approach the scence from what direction?
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Upwind
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what action should you take prior to removing human remains from the scene of an aircraft mishap?
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Photograph the site
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What solution should you use when preparing tissue and skin samples for autopsy analysis?
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Betadine
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What steps need to be completed before completing an aircraft mishap report?
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Compile all necessary data
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How should you report an event that is categorized as a physiological episode?
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class E mishap
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Class E physiological events are reported by message using the format found in?
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AFI91- 204, Safety Investigations and Reports
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The overall purpose of flight line visits is to
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Promote flying safety
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What is your specific responsibility to the Life Support Section?
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Provide advice to unit personnel of protective equipment programs
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Which of the following are all rated officers?
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Navigators, Pilots, and flight surgeons
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What do you do with the original AF Form 1042 after it is completed?
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File it in the individual's health record
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How many years must the AF Form 1041 be kept on file?
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Two
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Who is responsable to train aircrew in the emergency removal of soft contacts lenses?
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flight med office
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What steps are necessary to a safe and productive soft contact lens program?
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Hard disk drive
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What program emphasizes information precepts and promotes consistent application of security principles in the use of Air Force information systems?
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SATE
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What adminustrarive tool shows every record series maintained for an office record?
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Files plan
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What is the purpose of the Physical Examination Processing Program?
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Track physical exams for flying and special operations personnel
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Once you arrive at the knowledge Exchange webpage, what should be the next step to begin training on the physical Examinations Processing Program database?
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Click on the 'Aerospace Medicine" tab
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What step must you take before you can use the Physical Examination Proccessing Program database?
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Set up an account through the Air Force Portal
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When you input medical information on military member into Preventive Health Assessment Individual Medical Readiness program, to what system does it connect?
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AFCHIPS
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A supervisor has access to what additional tabs in the Air Force Complete Immunizations Tracking Application (AFCITA)?
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set up and Data Management
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What step should you take before you can access Air Force Complete Immunizations Tracking Application?
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You must see your AFCITA program manager, have an account established and have the program loaded on your computer
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What function does the Aeromedical Information Manageement Waiver Traicking System serve?
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Tracks waivers for personnel on flying of special operations status
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What step must you complete first to complete initial waivers within Aeromedical Information Management Waiver Tracking System?
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Enter the patient's demographic
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What do you do once the Aeromedical Information Management Waiver Tracking System process is completed?
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Place information in patient record
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The medical standards, the frequancy, scope and instructions for completing required physical examinations properly are specified in
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AFI 48-123
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during a physical examination, the depth of evaluation of any body system depends primarily on the
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Type of medical examination
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The format and procedures for conducting and recording a physical examination are found in
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AFPAM 48-133
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Where is the AF Form 422 established on officers entering the Air Force?
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First permanent duty station
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Members with 4T profiles must have AF Form 422 reviewed every
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30 days
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How many human function factors are considered in the physical profile serial?
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Six
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Which factor would apply to an individual who has organic defects of the ears?
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P-physical codition
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What is the main consideration under the E physical profile factor?
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Distant visual acuity only
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A strength aptitude test is rated in which profile factor?
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X
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what organization authorizes an L suffix on AF Form 422?
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HQ AFPC
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Members may be retained on the temporary retired list for no more than
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5 years
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what is the first step in the Air Force disability evaluation process?
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Initiate a MEB
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What organization authorizes an L suffix on AF Form 422?
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HQ AFPC
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Members may be retained on the temporary disability retired list for no more than
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5 years
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What is the first step in the Air Force disability evaluation process?
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Initiate a MEB
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When would disability compensation not be authorized?
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Injury occurred during an unauthorized absence.
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What step must be taken if a military member has been discharged after being admitted to a hospital?
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Records must be reviewed to identify correct profile actions.
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What should you do if potentially disqualifying information is discovered during a records review?
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Refer the case to a flight surgeon.
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Who owns the health records?
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United States government
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What must occur to ensure health records are maintained according to Air Force and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations standards?
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MTF reviews
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Where is the original medical record maintained on deployed active duty and ARC personnel?
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Home base MTF
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In which section of the outpatient record is every completed SF600 filed?
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Two
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You encounter a record of a member on flying status that has not been identified correctly. What steps should you take to make the record identifiable as a member on Flying Status?
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Stamp the word "Fly" in 2 inch block letters in the upper left corner of the of the front cover
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In what division of the atmosphere will the phenomena of weather mostly occur?
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Troposphere
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Where is the greatest barometric pressure found?
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Troposphere
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As altitude increases, barometric pressure will
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decrease
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What method of measuring altitude is used to measure the distance from the aircraft to the ground directly below it?
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Absolute altitude
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What gas law explains the way in which ascent to altitude induces hypoxia?
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Dalton's law
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What is the main contributing factor to in-flight noise?
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Air rushing over the canopy
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The best description of in-flight noise is it
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increases with airspeed and decreases with altitude.
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What environmental stress has the greatest influence on G intolerance?
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Heat
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Special diet control is important to many aircrew members because it
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reduces the incidence of gas pains
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What causes an aircrew member's circadiam rhythm to be affected on a cross-country flight?
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Crossing of time zones
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Airsickness during pilot training is usually due to
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lack of adaptation
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What is the most common type of hypoxia seen in aircrew members and is often referred to as altitude hypoxia?
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Hypoxic hypoxia
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What type of hypoxia may be caused by alcohol abuse?
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Histotoxic
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The cardiovascular and respiratory systems may compensate for hypoxia at altitudes up to how many feet?
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10,000
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What is the prime consideration when treating hypoxia?
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Providing the aircrew member with adequate oxygen.
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What is the most effective treatment for hyperventilation?
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Reducing the rate and depth of breathing
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Hypoxia is most frequently caused by
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equipment malfunction
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Which of the following is not a factor of decompression sickness?
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Rate of descent
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How are occurrences of decompression sickness symptoms relative to age?
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Increases with age
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How many hours should an individual wait to fly following diving activities?
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24
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What are the usual sites for bends pain?
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Shoulders, elbows, knees and ankles
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Which symptom is the most specific early symptom of the chokes?
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Substernal pain
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What key symptom differenteates chokes and false chokes
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Sharp substernal pain
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Which sensation is not associated with skin manifestations of decompression sickness?
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Numbness
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One method of protecting aircrew members against decompression sickness is by restricting aerial flight to what maximum cabin altitude?
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FL 250
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What is the best way to administer oxygen while treating decompression sickness?
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Aviator's mask
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What is the maximum flying altitude for unpressurized aircraft when transporting a patient suffering decompression sickness?
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1,000 feet
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How many hours must an individual not fly following complete resolution of symptoms of the bends?
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72
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Positive G forces affect the diaphragm by doing what to the viscera?
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Push them down
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In what direction are negative G forces applied?
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Foot-to-head
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The anti-G straining maneuver is performed during the
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expiratory phase against a completely closed glottis
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Which of the senses of orientation is considered to be reliable in flight?
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Visual
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What sensory system is often referred to as the 'seat of the pants" sense?
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Proprioceptive
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What is the most common sensory illusion resulting from stimulation of the semicircular canals?
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The leans
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