Anatomy Recall

Question 1

Injury to the ulnar nerve is caused by fracture to which carpal bone

Answer 1

Hamate

Question 2

Injury to the radial artery is caused by fracture to which carpal bone

Answer 2

Scaphoid

Question 3

MC bone fractured in a brawl

Answer 3

4th and 5th metacarpal [Boxer’s fracture involves the “little finger”]

Question 4

T/F Carpal tunnel syndrome is elicited by dorsiflexion

Answer 4

F

Question 5

PE finding of ruptured Achilles tendon

Answer 5

Absence of plantar flexion

Question 6

Injury to the long thoracic nerve affects what muscle

Answer 6

Serratus anterior (winging of the scapula)

Question 7

T/F The gracilis is part of the anterior compartment of the leg

Answer 7

F

Question 8

What sign is elicited: Knee flexed to hip and internally rotated

Answer 8

Obturator sign

Question 9

Dermatome of the nipple

Answer 9

T4

Question 10

Dermatome of the umbilicus

Answer 10

T10

Question 11

Pain in appendicitis is felt at what dermatome

Answer 11

T10

Question 12

Arterial supply to upper end of ureter

Answer 12

Renal artery

Question 13

Arterial supply to middle portion of ureter

Answer 13

Testicular or ovarian artery

Question 14

Arterial supply to pelvic part of ureter

Answer 14

Superior vesical artery

Question 15

Nerve damaged in PDA repair

Answer 15

Left recurrent laryngeal nerve

Question 16

Intraaortic balloon pump is inserted in what area in septic shock

Answer 16

Distal to the brachiocephalic artery

Question 17

Leaflets of the tricuspid valve

Answer 17

1) anterior 2) Posterior 3) Septal

Question 18

Artery affected in contralateral hemiplegia

Answer 18

MCA

Question 19

Artery affected in contralateral hemiparesis with ipsilateral 6th nerve palsy

Answer 19

Posterior cerebral artery

Question 20

Nerve used for facial nerve damage

Answer 20

Sural

Question 21

MC location of ectopic thyroid tissue

Answer 21

Base of tongue/lingual

Question 22

Wt of thyroid gland

Answer 22

20g

Question 23

Diameter of common bile duct

Answer 23

4-8mm

Question 24

How much parathyroid gland can be resected in parathyroid CA

Answer 24

3.5

Question 25

Kidney is surrounded with

Answer 25

Perirenal fat

Question 26

Where is parathyroid CA LEAST likely to metastasize

Answer 26

Submental node

Question 27

Nodes sampled via a suprasternal approach

Answer 27

Hilar/subcarinal

Question 28

Are least likely to bleed in an incision of the breast

Answer 28

Inferior

Question 29

What level does the spinal cord end

Answer 29

L1

Question 30

What level is a lumbar tap done

Answer 30

L4-5

Question 31

T/F The epididymis functions for storage of spermatogonia

Answer 31

F

Question 32

Vessel occluded in Pringle maneuver

Answer 32

Portal vein

Question 33

Connective tissue that covers testes

Answer 33

Tunica albuginea

Question 34

Origin of cremaster muscle

Answer 34

Internal oblique

Question 35

Muscle of respiration that raises the ribs

Answer 35

External intercostals

Question 36

Tortuosity of vessels in the scrotum

Answer 36

Varicocele (elevated renal artery pressure, hence more on the left)

Question 37

MC site of stenosis post-intubation

Answer 37

1st tracheal ring

Question 38

Abducts the vocal cords

Answer 38

Lateral cricoarytenoid

Question 39

Tenses the vocal cords

Answer 39

Cricothyroid

Question 40

Caval opening, level

Answer 40

T8

Question 41

Esophageal opening, level

Answer 41

T10

Question 42

Aortic opening, level

Answer 42

T12

Question 43

Disadvantage of doing a pararectal incision

Answer 43

Hitting a nerve

Question 44

Ideal site for paracentesis

Answer 44

Lateral to the rectus, midway between ASIS and umbilicus

Question 45

Drainage of the heart that enters directly into the right atrium

Answer 45

Coronary sinus

Question 46

If the IVC and SVC are obstructed, venous return is not compromised because of what vessel

Answer 46

Azygos vein

Question 47

Pain from chronic pancreatitis is diminished by blocking

Answer 47

Celiac ganglion

Question 48

MC location of SCC of esophagus

Answer 48

Middle 3rd

Question 49

Pain due to rib fracture can be diminished by injecting anesthesia at

Answer 49

Inferior border of rib

Question 50

T/F Left gastroepiploic vessel is blocked by Sengstaken Blakemore tube

Answer 50

F

Question 51

Location of SA node

Answer 51

Between SVC and right atrium

Question 52

Blood supply of SA node

Answer 52

RCA

Question 53

T/F Hypophyseal portal system has arterioles

Answer 53

F (primary capillaries, secondary capillaries, portal venules)

Question 54

MC site of fistula formation in the anal sphincter

Answer 54

Transphincteric

Question 55

Nerve roots for erection

Answer 55

S2,3,4 (Nervi erigentes)

Question 56

Embryological origin of the diaphragm

Answer 56

C3,4,5/septum transversum/pleuroperitoneal membrane

Question 57

Innervation of the inner lining if the tympanic membrane

Answer 57

CN IX

Question 58

T/F Psoas muscle is innervated by femoral nerve

Answer 58

F

Question 59

Major blood supply of the pericardium

Answer 59

Pericardiophrenic artery

Question 60

CN that supplies the cornea

Answer 60

V1

Question 61

MC site of sinusitis

Answer 61

Maxillary

Question 62

MC location of GIST

Answer 62

Submucosa

Question 63

Layers from which all other layers are derived

Answer 63

Stratum germinativum

Question 64

Facial nerve emerges through what foramen

Answer 64

Stylomastoid foramen

Question 65

History of gallstones with dilation of right and left hepatic ducts, where would the stone be lodged

Answer 65

Just above the insertion of the cystic duct

Question 66

Lens shape when ciliary muscles are relaxed

Answer 66

Flat

Question 67

Location of McBurney point

Answer 67

Midway between ASIS and umbilicus

Question 68

Pathophysiology of RLQ pain +mpalpable mass

Answer 68

Walling of by inflamed peritoneum