Muscle spasms of the back often are due to the erector spinae contraction.
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Question 2) During depolarization, the inside of the neuron's membrane becomes less negative.
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Question 3) Which of the following muscles does NOT act in plantar flexion?
A) gastrocnemius and soleus
B) flexor digitorum longus
C) popliteus
D) tibialis posterior
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Question 4) The broadest muscle of the back is the latissimus dorsi.
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Question 5) A patient has a stroke and has weakness on his right side. How will the weakness affect his ability to swallow?
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Question 6) Cell bodies of sensory neurons may be located in ganglia lying outside the central nervous system.
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Question 7) Which of the choices below describes the ANS?
A) motor fibers that conduct nerve impulses from the CNS to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands
B) motor fibers that conduct nerve impulses from the CNS to skeletal muscles
C) sensory and motor neurons that supply the digestive tract
D) sensory neurons that convey information from somatic receptors in the head, body wall, and limbs and from receptors from the special senses of vision, hearing, taste, and smell to the CNS
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Question 8) Tom has been told that he has an inguinal hernia. What is an inguinal hernia and what is its possible cause?
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Question 9) Which of the following muscles serves as a common intramuscular injection site, particularly in infants as the buttocks and arm muscles are poorly developed?
A) the vastus lateralis
B) the vastus medialis
C) rectus femoris
D) the vastus intermedius
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Question 10) Reflexes are rapid, automatic responses to stimuli that will produce the same effect every time.
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