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Read the following text from the article concerning oocyte stem cells (OSCs):   “…any consideration of a possible clinical utility of OSCs requires firm evidence that oocyte-producing cells exist in ovaries of reproductive-age women. As a first step toward this goal, we assessed a protocol to obtain OSCs from adult mouse ovaries. This protocol relies on the immunological detection of a putative cell-surface variant of Ddx4 (DEAD box polypeptide 4…” Ddx4 is a(n) _____________.

Damage to which of the following nerves could result in weakness of the corachobrachialis muscle?

In what direction does the femur move and the femoral head glide during hip adduction?

What joint position(s) cause the following muscles to become actively insufficient:HamstringsRectus Femoris

In addition to its joint movement function, this muscle is very important in stabilizing the head of the humerus against the gelnoid fossa.

The Teres Minor is a prime mover in shoulder lateral rotation and horizontal abduction and is innervated by the axillary nerve.

The scapular spine is the reference point for scapular motion.

The reason you have your patient laterally rotate his shoulder when moving between 90 and 180 degrees of shoulder abduction is to prevent what structure from hitting the acromion process?  

If a person repeatedly falls on an outstretched hand (extended wrist) while snowboarding, they are at increased risk for a sprain to which of the following ligaments?  

This common wrist pathology is an incomplete fracture usually of the radius that usually occurs mostly in children because their bones are softer that adult bones.