One of the two places (along with the insertion) that a muscle attaches to bone. The origin is the proximal attachment site and the site on the bone that remains fixed when that muscle generates joint motion

What will be an ideal response?


Origin and insertion

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A 68-year-old man has a small squamous cell carcinoma of the right posterior lateral border of the tongue. If left untreated, this lesion would most likely metastasize first to which of the fol-lowing?

a. Submental lymph nodes b. Submandibular lymph nodes c. Mandible d. Lung

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Health care employment continues to grow for all of the following reasons, EXCEPT

A) managing costs B) advances in medical technology C) aging population D) inability to automate many functions

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Following the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) order of draw, blue Vacutainers are drawn first.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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