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What is the circular opening seen here in the photograph of a slug?  

The most widely recommended principle for ethical behavior is to do what

A PTA is treating a patient who has suffered a traumatic brain injury.  The therapist is using a treatment technique that consists of tracing different letters and numbers on the patient’s hand.  There is also a shield present, preventing the patient from actually seeing the letters and numbers as they are being traced.  This technique will improve:

The ability of the nervous system to change in response to experience, changing conditions (including injury), and repeated stimuli is referred to as:

What is the scientific name of the Blue Jay? (Fill-in-the-blank)

You are treating a 47 y/o man who is s/p stroke x 3 months. You are working on lower extremity strengthening to ready him for out of bed activities. He is attempting to perform short arc quads (SAQ) over a bolster. He demonstrates a sudden increased muscle firing, and he cannot lower his leg to the mat.  What would be an appropriate intervention to perform to assist your patient in suppressing this response?

Patient’s with injury to the temporal lobe of the left hemisphere of the brain may develop this type of condition in which they may say something such as “I hurt my stain, and it hurts broad” when attempting to say that “I hurt my arm and it hurts a lot”.

Your patient is demonstrating facial paralysis, inability to close one eye, drooping of the corner of the mouth, and difficulty with speech articulation.  Identify the cranial nerve involvement.  

You are treating a patient who is s/p CVA and the PT POC states that the patient’s balance is to be addressed.  In sitting, you toss a ball to the left side of your patient but he makes no attempt to adjust his body position to catch the ball and begins to fall to the left side.  This patient is demonstrating poor:

This area of the brain is the principal area involved in motor function.