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A patient can very weakly roll their hand palm up but is unable to bring that hand to their mouth. This indicates an injury to which nerve?

When two PTAs try to force a patient from a sitting to standing position by pulling on the patient’s arms, what type of forces are acting on the patient’s shoulders?

A patient is sitting in a chair and can bend forward and touch their toes easily. However, when they stand up, keeping their knees straight, the hamstrings are unable to stretch far enough to allow them to touch their toes. This is referred to as?

The joint surface of bone #1 could best be described as. . .

Which of these muscles is not a prime mover for inversion?

While sitting at a red light, a patient was hit from behind causing their head to strike the windshield into extreme extension, causing whiplash. Fortunately, they sustained ligament damage rather than a spinal cord injury. Which of these was most likely involved during this accident?

You are treating a patient who has a spasm in the muscle innervated by this nerve (#41).  That muscle spasm is causing pain, numbness and ______weakness. 

Which of the following areas would you expect to find equal measurements, provided that this pattern was created by a person with a normal gait pattern?

Eccentrically, the biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus slow the hip down and prevent the knee from slapping into extension in what phase of the gait cycle? 

36.  A patient who has been diagnosed with Sjögren’s syndrome will be given cevimeline for the treatment of xerostomia. The nurse will monitor for what therapeutic effect?