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The xiphoid process is part of which bone?

Jim has been lifting weights and doing exercises, including sit-ups, to increase the strength and definition of his abdominal muscles.  What muscle provides those “six-pack abs?”

The BEST description of ribs 11 and 12 are false ribs because they lack costal cartilages and “float” without attachments to any other anterior structures.

Tom went to a concert and damaged the cranial nerve that allows him to hear.  Which cranial nerve was damaged?

What muscles move the humerus?  Choose all that apply.

Used together, the terms striated and involuntary describe

Nicole is exhausted from nursing her newborn all night.  The baby is three months old and has yet to sleep longer than two hours.  It is 3:00 am and she hears the baby cry.  She, in a zombie-like state, walks to the babies room.  She trips over the lego castle that her 2 year old built, falls, and lands on her wrist which she abruptly hears the radius crack.  What type of fracture did she sustain?

The function of osteoblasts is to

What is the part of the neuron that contains the nucleus and organelles? 

The eponychium is a narrow band of epidermis that adheres to the base of the nail.