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A patient came in after feeling great pain and tingling sensation along the palmer aspect their thumb and digits two and three, due to repetitive flexion movements of the wrist at their job. What nerve is affected by this syndrome?

Little Victoria has a scratch-n-sniff sticker on the back of her hand. She flexes her elbow while keeping her forearm pronated to smell the sticker. The muscle that she used in unresisted elbow flexion while the forearm is pronated is the:

The breakdown of a substance into simpler compounds by the addition or taking up of water is

What is NOT true about the lateral compartment of the leg?  

During surgery to remove a tumor in the axilla the surgeon explains the tumor is compressing the lateral cord of the brachial plexus. This is consistent with which of the following complaints the patient was having?

This type of contracture, resulting from nodular proliferation in the palmer fascia, causes a flexed posture at the PIP joints, commonly occurring in digits 4 and 5:

Which of the following modifications would be the most beneficial for decreasing force demand and improving safety with toilet transfers for a patient with weak quadriceps?   

Decreased step length during the stance phase of gait is indicative of weakness of which muscle?  

A patient with a fractured to the left upper tibia was treated with a plaster cast. A few days later she started to develop progressive numbness over the dorsum of the foot and weakness in dorsiflexion. The cast was quickly changed, and the signs were attributed to nerve compression. The compressed nerve was most likely the….