What type of synovial joint is found at the thumb?

An 18-year-old ice hockey player presents to the emergency department after a skate blade lacerated his posterior thigh. Physical examination reveals that he is unable to flex his posterior thigh muscles at the knee joint. Based on these symptoms, which of the following muscles may have been injured?  

Which is the mechanism of action of xylitol for its antibacterial and cariostatic effects?

The anaphylactic reaction is mediated at the cellular level by:

All of the following require pre-medication for scaling and root planing EXCEPT one.  Which one is the EXCEPTION?

A patient taking an anticonvulsant develops a tolerance to the sedating effect of the drug.  This rapid development of tolerance is called:

A patient taking a benzodiazepine and concurrently consuming alcohol will likely experience:

Patients with HIV using highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) will take a combination of which drugs?

__________ is used to treat oropharyngeal and esophageal candidiasis and serious systemic candidal infections, to treat vaginal candidiasis, and prophylactically in immunocompromised patients or for treatment of candida infections that do not respond to other agents.

Ketoconazole is indicated in the treatment and management of mucocutaneous and oropharyngeal candidiasis. Because of its lack of serious adverse reactions, systemic use of this drug is preferred to topical antifungal agents.