Lymphatic Freakage
A woman is found to have an ovarian tumor. What lymph nodes will most likely be invaded by cancer cells?
Lumbar/para-aortic
Name the 4 parts of the male urethra
Preprostatic, prostatic, membranous, spongy
Name the 3 erector spinae muscles.
Spinalis, Longissimus, Iliocostalis
A 42-year-old woman undergoes parotid gland surgery. Postoperatively, she cannot close her right eye or smile on the right side. Sensation over her face remains intact. Which cranial nerve was most likely injured?
Facial nerve (CN VII)
What coronary artery typically supplies the SA and AV nodes?
RCA
What duct ultimately drains both lower limbs, abdomen and pelvis, left thorax, left upper limb, and left head and neck?
Thoracic duct
This bony landmark marks the union of the ilium, ischium, and pubis.
Acetabulum
The first pop in a lumbar puncture indicates the needle has passed through what?
Ligamentum flavum
What’s the only abductor of the vocal cords?
Posterior cricoarytenoid muscle
Name an intercostal space along the midaxillary line where it is appropriate to insert a chest tube to drain fluid due to a pleural effusion.
8th or 9th
A patient presents with severe shortness of breath. Bronchoscopy shows that the carina is distorted and widened. Enlargement of which group of lymph nodes is most likely responsible for altering the carina?
Inferior tracheobronchial
What region of the pelvis will fluid spread into when Buck’s fascia tears?
Superficial perineal space
What movement of the head is the atlantoaxial joint responsible for?
Rotation
A CT scan of a patient’s head shows an internal carotid artery aneurysm inside the cavernous sinus. What nearby nerve would be affected first by this aneurysm?
Abducens
An x-ray of a chest shows a tumor invading the lung surface just anterior to the hilum. What nerve is being compressed by this tumor?
Phrenic
What lymph nodes will drain the margins of the anterior tongue?
Submandibular lymph nodes
Name the 3 regions of the broad ligament from superior to inferior.
Mesosalpinx, mesovarium, mesometrium
What spinal ligaments are likely removed during a laminectomy?
Ligamentum flavum
A 17-year-old girl notices numbness in the upper limb while brushing her hair or talking on the phone. Examination reveals an impingement of the brachial plexus. What’s the likely diagnosis?
Thoracic outlet syndrome
A patient has a chest injury after a car accident. X-ray shows an uncommon fracture of the sternum and the manubriosternal joint. What rib level would be involved in such an injury?
Second
What lymph nodes will most likely be the first to become visibly enlarged during tonsillitis?
Jugulodigastric
What structure is between the seminiferous tubules to the epididymis in the ejaculatory pathway?
Efferent ductules
At what vertebral level does the subarachnoid space end?
S2
A patient ate burnt toast and scratched the roof of his mouth which caused a stinging sensation. What branch of V2 is responsible for sensory innervation of that area?
Greater palatine
During a myocardial infarction, visceral pain signals from the heart converge in the spinal cord with somatic afferents from the upper medial arm. Which specific cutaneous nerve mediates sensation to this region?
Intercostobrachial nerve (T2)