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Your patient c/o pain in the elbow after participating in a golf tournament a week ago. She is most likely complaining of pain at which structure?

The carpometacarpal joints of the 2nd through 5th digits are classified as:

When pronation and supination of the forearm occur, the ulna moves on the radius to perform these motions because the radius does not move and is locked in place by its bony shape at the proximal end.  

Your patient tells you that she has been having difficulty using her hand to open jars and opening doors that have doorknobs since her car accident in which she sustained a whiplash injury.  Most likely, your patient is having trouble with this type of grip.  

Which muscle is NOT part of the anatomical snuffbox?

Which muscle of the hand is a multi-joint muscle that is innervated by the median nerve, C7-T1?

Which one-joint elbow flexor attaches most distally?

According to Lippert, abduction and adduction of the thumb occur in a plane perpendicular tot he palm.  Based on this information, what plane would these motions occur in?

What muscle attaches at the infraglenoid tubercle?

Which of the following is the innervation and action of the serratus anterior muscle?