Nervous System, Spinal Cords, and PNS
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100

This root carries sensory (afferent) fibers into the spinal cord.

What is the Dorsal Root

100

The rib has a structure called the costal groove that contains the neurovascular bundle. On the inferior portion of each rib there is the intercostal vein, the intercostal artery, and the intercostal nerve. One of these vasculatures drains blood into the azygous system or brachiocephallic veins into the superior vena cava. Which one is it?

What is The Intercoastal Vein

100

This pleural layer receives somatic sensory innervation and is sensitive to pain.

What is the parietal pleara

100

This muscular ridge inside the ventricles helps prevent suction during contraction.

What are trabeculae carneae?

100

This is the first thing you usually do when you wake up in the morning.

What is your morning routine?

200

This ramus supplies the limbs and most of the body wall.

What is the Ventral Ramus

200

Arterial supply to the diaphragm gernally have the word "______" in the name

What is Phernic

200

This is the most gravity-dependent recess of the pleural cavity and a common site of fluid accumulation.

What is the costodiaphragmatic recess

200

The apex of the heart is located at this intercostal space and anatomical line.

What is the 5th intercostal space at the mid-clavicular line?

200

This is your go-to snack when you’re studying or stressed.

What is your favorite snack?

300

The spinal cord typically ends at this vertebral level in adults.

What is the L1–L2 level?

300

The pectoralis major and minor are both innervated by the same nerve. But the pectoralis major also has an additional nerve that it's innervated by. What nerves innervate the Pectoralis Major and Minor?

What are

Pectoralis Minor: Medial Nerve

Pectoralis Major: Medial and Lateral nerve

300

During quiet breathing, the lung extends inferiorly to:

Anteriorly: rib_____

Laterally: rib _____

Posteriorly: rib____

What are rib 6, rib 8, and T10

300

These two nerve systems innervate the heart; one increases heart rate and the other decreases it.

What are the sympathetic cardiac nerves (increase) and the vagus nerve (decrease)?

300

This is the app or task you start when you’re “just taking a quick study break”… that lasts 45 minutes.

What is your most-used social media app or activity?

400

The lumbar CSF fluid spinal tap is usually done between which level?

What is L3/L4

400

The serratus anterior rotates the scapula so its inferior angle moves laterally and upwards. Damage to which nerve will result in the "winging" of the vertebral border of the scapula away from the chest wall. 

What is the Long Thoracic Nerve

400

A right lower lobe tumor spreads via lymphatics. Before reaching the brochomediastinal trunk, metastasis would first involve this nodal group located at the lung hilum.

A right lower lobe tumor spreads via lymphatics. Before reaching the brochomediastinal trunk, metastasis would first involve this nodal group located at the lung hilum.

400

An older patient has a loud heart murmur when the heart contracts, and the sound travels toward the neck. Tests show the valve between the left ventricle and the aorta is stiff and doesn’t open well. Which valve is affected?

What is the aortic valve?

400

This is the snack you swear you’ll only eat a few of… but suddenly the bag is empty.

What is your guilty-pleasure snack?

500

After the spinal cord receives stimulus for innervation to thoracic organs. The the pathway starts from the lateral horn-> Ventral root-> Spinal Nerve-> Ventral Ramus-> and then exits through which communicans?


What is the White Ramus

500

Lymphatic and venous drainage passes from the lateral and superior part of the breast and drains into which nodes?

What are the pectoral and axillary nodes

500

A mediastinal mass compresses structures anterior to the root of the lung. The patient develops hemidiaphragm paralysis but retains normal bronchoconstriction reflexes. This indicates compression of this nerve while this nerve remains intact.

What is the phrenic nerve (compressed) and the vagus nerve (intact)

500

Damage to this muscular band connecting the septum to the anterior papillary muscle can cause tricuspid regurgitation.

What is the septomarginal trabecula (moderator band)?

500

This is the personality trait you gain during exam week.

What is caffeine-powered chaos?