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You are conducting a workshop on the measurement of jugular venous pulsation. As part of your instruction, you tell the students to make sure that they can distinguish between the jugular venous pulsation and the carotid pulse. Which one of the following characteristics is typical of the carotid pulse?

You are palpating the apical impulse in a patient with heart disease and find that the amplitude is diffuse and increased. Which of the following conditions could be a potential cause of an increase in the amplitude of the impulse?

As a person goes from stand to sit (closed chain), the distal femur glides in which direction?

How did Eratosthenes determine the size of the Earth?

The medial malleolus is more distal than the lateral which could lead to more lateral ankle sprains.

The supporting ligament on the medial side of the ankle joint is called the

The most effective palpation technique of the lung expansion of posterior lung fields is performed by

In measuring the jugular venous pressure (JVP), which of the following is important?

An angle of torsion at the proximal femur greater than 25 degrees is called?

The hip joint is a very stable joint.