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9. A 25-year-old woman is brought to the ER by ambulance after a generalized tonic-clonic seizure at home. She has had headache, neck stiffness and fever for the past several days and has been somewhat confused and not acting like herself. The patient stops seizing with institution of anticonvulsant therapy. A lumbar puncture is performed. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) reveals 10 WBCs (normal 0-4) with a lymphocytic predominance, 76 red blood cells (normal 0), a protein level of 63 mg/dL (normal 15-45), and a normal glucose level. The opening pressure was slightly elevated. An electroencephalogram (EEG) shows sharp wave discharges in the temporal lobes. These findings are most likely to result from infection by what organism? 

Extra credit: Which of the following muscles is not involved in production of the vowel /i/ (1 point)

Pick 3 muscles potentially involved in jaw and tongue motion in the production of /u/ vowel (pick all that apply):

Which extrinsic muscle forms a large portion of the tongue:

Which muscle is NOT innervated by CN XII (hypoglossal nerve)?

In general, vowels are always produced with vocal fold vibration.

Ponies are defined as horses less than:

This well-developed portion of the horse’s digestive tract is found at the junction of the small intestine and large intestine and contains microorganisms that digest forages.

Sheep are primarily _______ while goats are primarily _______:

Mares are seasonal breeders, also known as: