Medical Terminology

To treat intractable spasticity, a patient undergoes a selective dorsal rhizotomy procedure in which all of the dorsal roots from spinal levels L2-L4 on the right side are completely severed. What is the effect of this procedure on the patellar tendon reflex test on the patient’s right side?

A tennis player severely “rolls” his ankle and suffers an infrasyndesmotic avulsion fracture of the lateral malleolus. The lateral malleolus is a part of which one of the following structures?

What does the abbreviation PWB stand for?

Military Time Conversions

Fernstrom Corporation has two divisions: East and West. Data from the most recent month appear below:East                        WestSales                                                                      $330,000              $144,000Variable expenses                                           $132,000              $ 76,320Traceable fixed expenses                             $140,000              $ 43,000The company’s common fixed expenses total $52,140. If the company operates at exactly the break-even sales of the East Division and West Division, what would be the company’s overall net operating income?

The order reads, turn the patient q 2 hours to prevent pressure injuries. The CNA last turned your patient at 2pm. What time will you need to turn the patient? Please answer in military time. 

The order reads: Lasix 40 mg po (orally) daily. The bottle reads: Lasix 80 mg/10 mL How many ml’s will you administer?

Northern Pacific Fixtures Corporation sells a single product for $28 per unit. If variable expenses are 65% of sales and fixed expenses total $9,800, the break-even point is: (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

A mother brings her 8-year-old son to the clinic. Three days earlier he and another child had been “sword fighting” with wooden swords. The boy received a sharp blow to his right lower extremity, and since then his foot has “dragged” when he walks. Physical examination shows that he can raise up on his toes, but cannot walk on his heels. Further testing shows that he cannot dorsiflex his right foot. Sensation is intact on the foot, except for numbness of the web space between the first and second digits. At what spinal level are the cell bodies that give rise to the motor axons (GSE) that were damaged?