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Your elderly patient has problems swallowing because they can’t effectively depress their hyoid to guide food back towards the esophagus.  Which two muscles are affected by this disorder?

What type of neuron controls skeletal muscles?

If your diabetic patient’s blood glucose level is life threateningly low (30 mg/dL), you must give her an injection of _____ to stimulate her liver to raise her blood glucose & prevent diabetic coma. 

Adrenal medulla hormone used during short-term stress to increase heart rate, dilate lung bronchioles, and redirect blood flow toward skeletal muscle.

The insertion of the biceps brachii long head is

Which muscles are antagonists to the quadriceps group?  Select all that apply.

You’ve injured your neck wrestling with your nephews.  Now you have pain when flexing your neck against resistance.  You’ve most likely hurt your:

The main parasympathetic motor nerve to internal organs.  Also senses blood gas content and blood pressure.

Target is the kidney tubules.  Function is to ensure high extra-cellular sodium and low extra-cellular potassium by stimulating the kidney to reabsorb sodium & secrete potassium.

The Autonomic Nervous System transmits nerve signals from the spinal cord to its target organs using (select all that apply)