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A 65-year-old male presents with a severely painful rash and skin eruptions that are localized entirely on one side of his body.  The rash closely follows the dermatome of C7.  The man is diagnosed with “shingles” in which the herpes zoster virus has proliferated in which anatomical structure?  

An 85-year-old female suffers from a fracture that resulted in detachment of the greater tubercle of the humerus.  She is unable to initiate the first 15 degrees of glenohumeral abduction due to this injury.  Which one of the following muscles was affected by this injury?  

A 3-year-old boy presents with a clinically significant atrial septal defect.  This defect results from incomplete closure of the _______ and ______________.  

The three direct branches of the celiac trunk are the:  

The three direct branches of the celiac trunk are the:  

If a man has pain in the scrotum that does not subside when the testicles are elevated, it often indicates:

If a man has pain in the scrotum that does not subside when the testicles are elevated, it often indicates:

The brain area that regulates activities that control the state of wakefulness or alertness of the cerebral cortex is the __.

The “resting and digesting” division of the autonomic nervous system is the __.

Collections of nerve cell bodies outside the central nervous system are called __.