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You are a physical therapist working for a big local hospital.  One of your chronic arthritis patients comes in for her regular weekly appointment, reporting that she went horseback riding over the weekend.  Her legs are quite sore from holding onto the horse, and she asks you to help her with exercises and stretches which will ease her discomfort.  With your knowledge of leg muscles and joints and their actions, you realize that she will need help with pain in the thigh __________ muscle group.

A cow tangled in an electric wire may receive enough electrical shocks in a short period of time to have severe (tetanic) cramping of her skeletal muscles.  This effect occurs due to ___________.

Somatic refers to both sensory and motor innervation of which of the following?

Skeletal muscle performs all of the following functions EXCEPT which one?  

What is the thickest and most superficial meningeal layer? 

What is the thickest and most superficial meningeal layer? 

The main muscle which causes the flexion of the temporomandibular joint in chewing is the _____________.

The main muscle which causes the flexion of the temporomandibular joint in chewing is the _____________.

The term for neuron tracts crossing in the spinal cord is ____________.

The term for scarring of a tissue which has died or atrophied. is ______________ .