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Which are the major motions at the atlantoaxial joint?

During the physical therapist’s assessment of cranial nerves, the patient is unable to detect when you touch their cheek. Which cranial nerve would be impaired in this patient? 

The musculocutaneous nerve comes off of which cord of the brachial plexus?

What area of the brain regulates emotion and memory?

When conducting a neurological exam on a client, the PMHNP asks the client to hold out her arms and stick out her tongue while assessing for tremors. Which cranial nerve is being assessed?

What part of the limbic system regulates emotion, hormones, arousal and fear?

A patient has a complete spinal cord injury (SCI). The neurological level of the SCI is T10. What motor impairments would you expect immediately after the injury? 

Discriminative touch sensation from the lower extremity is sent to which area of somatosensory cortex?

Following evidence-based practice, which laboratory screening tests and assessments should be completed prior to placing a person on a second generation (atypical) antipsychotic?

Consider the following sample data shown below. Calculate the median for this data set. {1, 7, 12, 8.5, 9, 20, 13, 5, 23, 17} Make sure to type in your answer rounded to 2 decimal places. So if you thought the answer was 65.4321 then you would type in 65.43