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You observe your patient smoothly and successfully lift a heavy box from the floor on her first attempt. Which of the following types of postural control is your patient primarily employing:

When examining myotome spinal segments and the corresponding lower extremity movement, which of the following pairings is most accurate?

Brodmans’s areas 4 and 6 can be found in which of the following brain locations?

Which of the following positions is the most appropriate when assessing a patient’s vestibular and visual systems while impairing the somatosensory system?

Which of the following attach to the sternum directly?

Describe the following parts of a diarthrosis: Articular cartilage:  Joint cavity:  Joint capsule:  Synovial membrane:  Synovial fluid: 

The physical therapist observes that when attempting to perform a reaching task of picking up a cup, the patient presents with a tremor of the upper extremity. Damage to which of the following regions of the brain is most likely to cause this tremor?

A PTA is attempting to quantify the patient’s 2 point discrimination following a peripheral nerve injury to the left hand. Which of the following instructions is most appropriate for this test?

What is another name for the clavicle?

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