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An individual presents to the emergency room after a motor vehicle accident complaining of severe pain in their upper right extremity. Upon examination the elbow joint is unstable. This finding possibly indicates the [lig], which connect the respective bones to each other are damaged. In addition, you notice the patient complains of muscle weakness upon contraction. This indicates the patient has sustained [ten], damage which connect muscle to bone.  

A mouse is walking in a field and smells a fox as it passes by and quickly hides under a log. Which sequence represents the order of steps in the signal transduction pathway that would be found in the mouse?

A joint that is freely movable in all planes of the body is classified as a [js1] axial

If an individual sustained serious burns to their skin, this would compromise 

Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria use _ communication circuits to regulate a diverse array of physiological activities usch as symbiosis, virulence, competence, conjugation, antibiotic production, motility, sporulation, and biofilm formation.

Joints that move in two planes are referred to as [js1] and joints that move in one plane are referred to as [js2]

If a shallow container is filled with water, a drop of pink ink is placed in one end of the container, and a drop of blue ink is placed in the other end, which of the following will be true once the system has reached an equilibrium?

A cardiac cell would require a large amount of ATP and thus have a higher than average number of _  while a liver cell would have a large amount of _  in order to process toxins.

A 9-year-old girl often comes to the school nurse complaining of stomach pains, and her teacher reports she has been aggressive in the classroom. How would the nurse interpret this behavior?  

An individual comes to your clinic complaining of progressive muscle weakness of the upper limb. Upon examination you notice the right arm has strength measuring 5/5 (normal) but the left arm has strength measuring (2/5). A muscle tissue sample is surgically obtained revealing the presence of dysfunctional ion channels. This patient most likely has a problem with ____________ that prevents the cell from obtaining peak voltage.