An individual has too much sugar in his blood, his pancreas secretes insulin to decrease the amount of sugar in the blood.  This is an example of:

The BEST description of ribs 11 and 12 are false ribs because they lack costal cartilages and “float” without attachments to any other anterior structures.

What muscles move the humerus?  Choose all that apply.

Nicole is exhausted from nursing her newborn all night.  The baby is three months old and has yet to sleep longer than two hours.  It is 3:00 am and she hears the baby cry.  She, in a zombie-like state, walks to the babies room.  She trips over the lego castle that her 2 year old built, falls, and lands on her wrist which she abruptly hears the radius crack.  What type of fracture did she sustain?

The function of osteoblasts is to

The effect of acetylcholine on skeletal muscle fibers ends when

Mrs. Stacy Gwenn is a 45-year-old mother of four.  She was in a car wreck and dislocated her hip.  Once she arrived at the hospital, they “popped” her hip back into place.  She has been under your care since.  As part of Mrs. Gwenn’s rehabilitation, clinicians will assess all of the movements that normally occur at the hip.  This would include all EXCEPT:  Choose all that apply.

The brain stem is made up of the

Which of the following is NOT controlled by the medulla?

The rectus femoris and vastus lateralis are part of the quadriceps femoris.