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In great companies, sustainable transformation follows a predictable pattern of ______ and ______.

A company can find themselves in the Doom Loop when ______.

Which of the following structures is NOT part of the axial skeleton?

Your patient has a “foot drop” and you suspected the issue was coming from the fibular head. Upon assessment, you were surprised to find that the issue is actually coming from the gluteal region. Which of the following signs confirms this nerve damage occurs in the gluteal region and not the fibular head? 

Your patient reports pain, tingling, and decreased sensation in the lateral aspect of the thigh. During you intake, they share with you that they’ve recently started rock climbing that requires them to wear a tight harness around their pelvis and upper thigh. Which nerve do you suspect for compression?

Which of the following muscles everts the ankle (subtalar joint)?

The piriformis, superior and inferior gemelli, obturator internus and externus muscles tend to support and stabilize the femur the best on the transverse plane. If these structures were compromised, which hip action would you expect to be diminished?

You elicit the ankle jerk reflex in a patient by tapping the calcaneal tendon. Both afferent and efferent limbs of this reflex are carried in which nerve?

A 72-year-old male patient is given an intramuscular injection in the gluteal region. To avoid damage to the sciatic nerve, the needle should be inserted into which of the following quadrants?

A physician orders a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) for his 43-year-old female patient in order to obtain a sample of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to diagnose bacterial versus viral meningitis. He explains to her that this procedure will be done in the lower back, between the spinous processes of the L3 and L4 vertebrae. What is the anatomical basis for performing the lumbar puncture at this location?