During a routine physical examination a 65-year-old male patient is tested for ease and flexibility of the movements of his lumbar region. Which of the following movements is most characteristic of the intervertebral joints in the lumbar region?
ARotation
BCircumduction
CLateral flexion
DExtension
A patient has a herniated intervertebral disc impinging on the right C5 nerve roots. Which of the following movements would most likely be affected?
AExtension of the fingers
BExtension of the shoulder
CFlexion of the elbow
DFlexion of the wrist
After a 26-year-old man's car was sideswiped by a large truck, he is brought to the emergency department with multiple fractures of the transverse processes of the cervical and upper thoracic vertebrae. Which of the following muscles might be affected?
ASerratus Posterior Superior
BRhomboid major
CTrapezius
DLevator scapulae
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