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A 17-year old basketball player recently tore her ACL and will need reconstruction surgery, and has come to you with questions.  Explain the following: 1) The difference between an allograft and autograft; and 2) Which is recommended for her?

Some specialized sperm cells of fruit flies have gigantic mitochondria (discussed in lecture). Where do those gigantic mitochondria come from?

Your athlete has a Grade 1 Rotator Cuff strain and pain with throwing a baseball.  Upon assessment of his throwing mechanics you notice that he has a limited follow through and his motion stops early as shown in the image.  Which of the following rehab techniques will be most beneficial for this athlete?  

“Economic development results in a population surviving to adulthood and old age” is an example of

Which of the following is/are true of the employment-based health insurance system in the United States? Select all that apply.

Choose the appropriate public health strategy for reducing risk factors related to disease for the following examples.

You are treating a basketball athlete with loss of shoulder internal rotation ROM.  Identify the direction and grade of glenohumeral joint mobilizations for this restriction.  

“As a country develops, more children survive, and families choose to have fewer numbers of children” is an example of

Symphonie fantastique and  Pictures at an Exhibition are both compositions for instruments that attempt to tell some kind of a story without words. They are examples of:

Skin cancer caused by sunburn is an example of illness caused by