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The property of saliva that affects denture retention is both quality and quantity of serous and mucus saliva.

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Bell's palsy is a form of temporary facial paralysis or weakness on one side of the face resulting from damage or trapping of the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII), which is the nerve that controls the muscles of facial expression.

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In liver disease, especially cirrhosis, there is a decrease in hepatic synthesis of clotting factors, particularly factor II (prothrombin). Vitamin K deficiency is also common in liver disease, which further contributes to hypoprothrombinemia. The deficiency of fibrinogen (factor I) would also result in a bleeding diathesis but is less common in liver disease. Factors V and VIII are also synthesized in the liver but are less frequently affected than factor II in such cases.

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The primary mechanism of bicarbonate reabsorption in the proximal convoluted tubule involves combination with hydrogen ions, forming carbonic acid, which is then converted to water and carbon dioxide.

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The function of the facial nerve is best tested by whistling.

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Compressive and tensile strengths of spherical alloys are greatest at normal trituration time.

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Pepsin is the primary enzyme responsible for the breakdown of proteins in the stomach during the gastric phase of digestion. It is secreted as pepsinogen by the chief cells of the gastric mucosa and is activated by hydrochloric acid to become pepsin.