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Aerobic respiration has three main parts. What is the correct order of the stages?

Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa has the record of fastest ascent to the Mount Everest. During his ascent, he needs so much energy that aerobic respiration alone cannot fulfill the demand for ATP. His muscle cells then start to respire anaerobically. Which byproduct will build up in his muscle cells during his ascent?

Anaerobic respiration _____________________.

Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) is the most abundant protein on earth.

A PTA is treating patients on the inpatient orthopedic unit of a medium-sized hospital.  The caseload consists of patients with a variety of conditions.  Which of the following is not typically an elective surgical procedure?

It is normal for the femur to be slightly ___________.

A physical therapist assistant, working in an outpatient clinic, is treating a 60 year-old female patient with diabetes who is 10-days s/p left TKA.  Quad and hamstring strength within the available ROM is poor.  Knee AAROM is 10-55 degrees, measured in supine.  The PT is most concerned about the knee range of motion.  The PTA is following a treatment plan which includes “therapeutic exercises and modalities.”  Of the following sets of interventions, which would be MOST appropriate to address the ROM deficits with this patient?

Special tests are used to help a physical therapist determine the PT diagnosis for a patient.  Which of the following examples is NOT accurate about common special tests and their interpretation?

A patient complains of dysesthesias in the 4th and 5th fingers, relative to compression on the medial side of the elbow.  Which nerve is MOST likely aggravated and causing the symptoms?

A PTA is preparing an inservice for her colleagues that will review anatomy of the spinal nerve and plexuses. Of the following, which would be MOST accurate to share with colleagues?