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It is important for the SITS muscles to properly function because..

Injury to what carpal bone has a tendency to cause avascular necrosis?

You are manual muscle testing elbow flexion with the forearm in neutral.  What is the origin of the muscle that you are isolating?

Which correctly represents a rotator cuff muscle, with its origin and insertion?  MUSCLE    –    ORIGIN    –    INSERTION

A CVA patient is unable to complete full shoulder external rotation with her elbow at 0deg abduction.  Which scapular companion motion is probably missing?

While the output of a motor is [x], the output of a generator is [y] choices are (electrical/mechanical/rotational/ torque/voltage and current/electrical power)

While running at 780 rpm, the input current for a 48 V series DC motor is 15A.  The armature and field resistances are 0.25 Ω and 0.125 Ω, respectively.  Determine: (a) the motor constant; (b) the motor output power; and (c) the output torque of the motor.

Multiple Choice: Choose the best answer for the following questions/statements. Excitation in a synchronous generator is produced when ____________ , which produces the magnetic flux.

You have studied all sorts of motors and generators in this course. Let us capture some neat points. List applications of at least two types of motors and two types of generators from your daily life or work  environments.  type ‘done’ in the box if you end up tying the answers in the text box that appears.   

Matching:  Record beside each characteristic on the left the letter of the machine type on the right for which that characteristic is generally applicable.