The brachial plexus is formed from the anterior rami of these spinal nerves
What is c5-ti (420)
100
A med student was running in the cadaver lab and slipped and fell on scalpel cutting his neck in the muscular triangle, which glands would you be concerned with him cutting.
What is thyroid or parathyroid
100
The intercostal level that the triangle of ausculatation can be found
What is 6
100
A patient is brought to your ER, highly intoxicated from a local softball game, he was playing third base when a line drive hit him in the head, at CT reveals an extracranial hematoma, which layer of the scalp is affected.
What is loose connective tissue, this could also lead to black eyes.
100
Where is the narrowest part of the pelvic cavity
What is between the ischial spines
200
An injury to the long thoracic nerve, leads to paralysis of this muscle, that gives the scapula a "winged appearance"
What is serratus anterior
200
Muscular branches of the cervical plexus innervate these 3 groups of muscles
What is prevertebral, scalenes, levator scapulae
200
The semispinalis is pierced by this nerve
What is the greater occipital nerve
200
As a plastic surgeon you know that lacerations on the face have a less scarring if they run in this direction
What is parallel to the tension lines and wrinkles, as this is hte same way that the collagen fibers run. These lines are also perpendicular to muscle fibers.
200
What are the two muscles mentioned that can be tron during childbirth
What is puborectalis, pucoccoygeus
300
A patient was seen in your ER three weeks ago and was diagnosed with a fracture of the surgical neck of the humerus, he now returns with asymmetry of the shoulder outlines ( he has a hard time picking up chicks now), he also notes a loss of sensation over the lateral side of the proximal arm, what nerve was most likely also injured his initial injury
What is axillary (427)
300
The median line of the neck, anterior border of SCM and inferior border of the mandible are the boundres for this triange of the neck
What is anterior
300
Collectively these muscles are known as erector spinae
What is illiocostalis, longissimus, spinalis
300
Which muscles of mastication are responsible for elevation
What is masseter temporalis medial pterygoid
400
A patient is brought in by ambulance to your trauma center, as the ER physician on duty you notice that the patient has been impaled by a crowbar during a bar fight, it goes through the anterior part of the axilla, at the time he was stabbed he was trying to punch the other victim and was impaled with his arm in the abducted position. The vessel most likely injured is?
What is axillary vein 432
400
An injury to this group of muscles would lead to an inability to elevate the hyoid bone and larynx, inability to retract the hyoid
What is suprahyoids, also remember that digastric is considered suprahyoid.
400
This triangle lies deep to trapezius, and the semispinalis muscles
What is suboccipital
400
A patient comes to your ER, she and a friend were piercing each others ear lobes, she now notices that she has no feeling in the anterior auricle, what nerve could have been damaged
What is trigeminal V3
500
Injury to this nerve results in wrist drop, the wrist is in constant flexion because of unoposed tonus of the flexor muscles and gravity
What is radial nerve
500
What are the contents of the carotid triange
What is deep cervical lymph nodes, hypoglossal nerve, ansa cervicalis, carotid sheath, ECA, Internal and external laryngeal nerves, tonsilar branches of IX, pharyngeal branches of IX and X
500
Below the mastoid process and mandibular angles the transverse processes of this vertebra can be felt
What is c1
500
Bells palsy is often caused by damage to this nerve, it presents as facial sagging, and distorted facial expression.