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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?

Which muscle does NOT attach to the coracoid process of the scapula?

Match the following joint articulations with the correct joint classification.

You are treating a patient with a diagnosis of CVA (Stroke) who is being referred to your inpatient facility. He has hemiplegia of the left side with paralysis of the left shoulder muscles.  What is the implication that you as a PTA should be concerned with while treating this patient?