This muscle is no prime mover in any joint action but rather serves as an assistant to elbow extension.

1. What muscle is being strengthened? 2. What is the action?

Provide the O, I, N, A for the transverse abdominis muscle.

When referencing both of the legs what is the descriptive terms?

True/False Defend You are treating a patient for a fracture of the lumbar spine at level L4. The lumbar spine is a part of the composition of the axial skeleton.

Clinical kinesiology is used in healthcare to understand movement and how forces act on the human body. Clinicians also study kinesiology for all of the following EXCEPT:

A muscle is said to be at its optimal length when it is in which position?

Match the characteristic with its muscle fiber arrangement.

An 84-year-old patient who has had a low-grade fever for 2 days complains of pain in the hip that travels down the leg along the sciatic nerve. The nurse assesses small groups of vesicles along the nerve path. These assessments lead the nurse to suspect that the patient is suffering from:

The nurse explains that the jaundice observed in a person with hepatitis is related to the: