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Published	10/26/2023	A 20 year old college student receives a severe blow on the inferolateral side of the left knee joint while playing football. Radiographic examination…
Published	10/26/2023	Following a car accident in which the patient received a deep laceration on the medial side of his right knee, the patient notices numbness along the …
Published	10/26/2023	A patient with a diabetic ulcer in the anterior midline of the ankle region experienced loss of cutaneous sensation on the dorsal surface of the foot.…
Published	10/26/2023	A construction worker, who wears a heavy work belt all day on the job, notices a tingling sensation on the anterolateral surface of his thigh. This is…
Published	10/26/2023	A cashier develops painful and tortuous varicose veins in her lower limb. Her doctor explains that prolonged standing at her job led to failure of the…
Published	10/26/2023	A 50-year-old female patient has large varicose veins located primarily on the posterior aspect of her calf. These veins are most likely direct tribut…
Published	10/26/2023	An elderly woman was found to have a hernial sac in the right femoral triangle and a marked weakness in adduction at the right hip joint. Which nerve …
Published	10/26/2023	The pulse of the femoral artery is best felt at which superficial reference point?
Published	10/26/2023	If the femoral artery is occluded at the beginning of the adductor canal, which artery could help provide viability to the leg through collateral circ…
Published	10/26/2023	A serious complication of fractures of the femoral neck is avascular necrosis of the femoral head. This usually results from rupture of which artery?&…
Published	10/26/2023	Following a penetrating injury to the left femoral triangle, a patient relayed that walking was virtually impossible because at every step the left kn…
Published	10/26/2023	Childhood immunizations are sometimes given via intramuscular injections into the quadriceps muscles of the anterior thigh. At the mid-thigh level, a …
Published	10/26/2023	Select all of the following that is located within the adductor canal?
Published	10/26/2023	"Scissor gait" is a condition in which one limb crosses in front of the other during stepping as a result of powerful hip adduction caused by continuo…
Published	10/26/2023	Following surgical opening of the adductor canal, a patient experienced a loss of cutaneous sensation of the medial side of the leg. Which nerve was c…
Published	10/26/2023	The lesser saphenous vein was mobilized for grafting. Following the surgery, the patient complained of a loss of cutaneous sensation at the distal pos…
Published	10/26/2023	A needle biopsy of the sural nerve resulted in the formation of a hematoma. Which of the following veins closely adjacent to the nerve was accidently …
Published	10/26/2023	During recovery from a gunshot wound of the right pelvis, the patient notices a lurch in his gait. When he lifts his left foot off of the ground, his …
Published	10/26/2023	In order to avoid injury to the sciatic nerve, intramuscular injections should be given in which quadrant of the buttock?
Published	10/26/2023	When the femur is fractured, the broken distal end often turns posteriorly to enter the popliteal fossa due to muscle traction. Because of its positio…
Published	10/26/2023	When, in approximately 12% of people, the common fibular nerve passes through the piriformis muscle, the nerve may be compressed. This would affect pa…
Published	10/26/2023	In a hunting accident, an arrow pierces the mid-calf of a hunter. A major artery is lacerated in the posterior leg, and you notice that the sole of hi…
Published	10/26/2023	While on vacation in Florida following her final exams, a scuba diving medical student is accidentally speared by her diving partner. The end of the s…
Published	10/26/2023	A worker falls from a height and lands on his feet. Radiographs reveal a fracture of the sustentaculum tali. The muscle passing immediately beneath it…
Published	10/26/2023	A soldier complains of foot pain following a 50 mile hike. Upon examination, the physician diagnoses tendonitis of the fibularis longus tendon. Becaus…
Published	10/26/2023	Pain may result from friction of the tendon of which muscle that passes deep to the anterior fibers of the long plantar ligament.
Published	10/26/2023	A construction worker steps on a board with a nail in it. The nail pierces the sole of his boot and enters his foot 2 cm anterior to his calcaneal tub…
Published	10/26/2023	In an accident involving farm machinery, a farmer recieves a cut on the dorsum of his ankle. As you inspect the wound and test for functional and sens…
Published	10/26/2023	While walking barefoot on the beach in Florida following final exams, a medical student steps on a sharp shell which punctures the sole of her foot. S…
Published	10/26/2023	The most usual site for feeling the pulsations of the dorsalis pedis artery in the foot is:
Published	10/26/2023	While at the beach in Florida after final exams, a medical student steps on a stingray, which responds by stinging her in the ankle. The stinger pierc…
Published	10/26/2023	During a basketball game, the center of the team went up for a rebound and when coming down, her foot landed on the foot of another player, sharply ev…
Published	10/26/2023	Which ligament limits extension at the hip joint?
Published	10/26/2023	A young man involved in a head-on automobile collision had his flexed knee hit the dashboard of the car. He was later found to have a major instabilit…
Published	10/26/2023	A soldier developed "fallen arches" from marching with a heavy pack in boots that lacked arch support. The ligament that normally supports the head of…
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