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Published	10/26/2023	In the process of doing an axillary lymph node dissection in a 50 year-old patient, the surgery resident cleans the space between the pectoralis major…
Published	10/26/2023	In lymphatic drainage of the breast, the major portion (about 75%) enters eventually into which group of nodes?
Published	10/26/2023	The prognosis in breast cancer is poorer as more proximal lymph nodes are found to have cancerous cells in them. Spread of cancer to which of the foll…
Published	10/26/2023	During a motorcycle accident, an 18-year-old male landed on the right lateral side of his rib cage with his right upper limb abducted. In the hospital…
Published	10/26/2023	During the planning of therapeutic intervention for a 54-year-old female patient with cancer of the right breast, a 3rd year medical student would nee…
Published	10/26/2023	Breast cancer cells can spread directly to the cranial cavity and brain via the vertebral venous plexus. Through which route can they reach this plexu…
Published	10/26/2023	After being thrown from a motorcycle moving at high speed, a 16-year-old female was found to have a paralyzed right pectoralis major muscle. Which set…
Published	10/26/2023	While observing a mastectomy on a 60-year-old female patient, a medical student was asked by the surgeon to help tie off the arteries that supply the …
Published	10/26/2023	In the axilla the pectoralis minor is a landmark, being closely related to all of the following structures except:
Published	10/26/2023	While putting panels on the roof of a barn, one of the panels slips and a man tries to catch it. During an attempt to catch the panel, he is struck by…
Published	10/26/2023	What is the fibrocartilaginous structure which deepens the shoulder socket?
Published	10/26/2023	A football suffered a severe shoulder separation after ramming the point of their shoulder into a practice dummy. Although this is a dislocation of th…
Published	10/26/2023	A scaffold falls on the right shoulder of a construction worker lacerating the side of his neck and suprascapular area, severing C5 spinal nerve just …
Published	10/26/2023	What is the proximal attachment of the long head of triceps brachii m.?
Published	10/26/2023	Which tendon of the rotator cuff muscles is the most commonly damaged, typically due to its close proximity to the coraco-acromial arch?
Published	10/26/2023	During a strenuous game of tennis a 55 year old woman complained of severe shoulder pain that forced her to quit the game. During physical examination…
Published	10/26/2023	A worker doing repetitive lifting develops inflammation in the tendon of origin of the extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle, commonly called "tennis …
Published	10/26/2023	The anterior interosseous nerve is a branch of which nerve?
Published	10/26/2023	In an attempt to commit suicide by slashing the ventral side of the wrist, the two tendons of the flexor digitorum superficialis located most superfic…
Published	10/26/2023	Interruption of the median nerve in the cubital fossa affects what movement(s) of the thumb?
Published	10/26/2023	Structures within the carpal tunnel include the:
Published	10/26/2023	The Tendons of Flexor Digitorum Superficialis and Flexor Digitorum Profundus are covered by which bursa?
Published	10/26/2023	A patient is severely limited in extension at the wrist joint after several months in a cast following a Colles fracture. Which joint would be especia…
Published	10/26/2023	The victim of multiple shrapnel wounds to the upper limb must have his forearm amputated at midlength. Because of concomitant damage in the patient's …
Published	10/26/2023	During an industrial accident, a sheet metal worker lacerates the anterior surface of his wrist at the junction of his wrist and hand. Examination rev…
Published	10/26/2023	The function of the posterior interosseous nerve is:
Published	10/26/2023	In an industrial accident, the artery passing lateral to the pisiform bone is cut. This artery is the
Published	10/26/2023	When falling on an outstretched hand, the most commonly dislocated carpal bone is the
Published	10/26/2023	When falling on an outstretched hand, the most commonly fractured carpal bone is the
Published	10/26/2023	If the medial epicondyle of the humerus is fractured and the nerve passing dorsal to it is injured, which muscle would be most affected?
Published	10/26/2023	While watching her boyfriend split wood, a teenager was struck on the back of her carpals by a sharp- edged flying wedge. Her extensor digitorum tendo…
Published	10/26/2023	What muscle tendon is enclosed within its own synovial sheath in the carpal canal?
Published	10/26/2023	A student is rollerblading on the Diag and while trying to avoid others. A bicyclist falls heavily on his right wrist. After the fall he notes severe …
Published	10/26/2023	A jagged piece of glass entered his hand and severed all the tissue from the skin down to the metacarpal bone. The cut extended on the lateral si…
Published	10/26/2023	A jagged piece of glass entered his hand and severed all the tissue from the skin down to the metacarpal bone. The cut extended on the lateral si…
Published	10/26/2023	A jagged piece of glass entered his hand and severed all the tissue from the skin down to the metacarpal bone. The cut extended on the lateral si…
Published	10/26/2023	A patient sustained multiple deep lacerations on the palm of his hand and anterior surface of his wrist. During examination, the physician put a piece…
Published	10/26/2023	A patient sustained multiple deep lacerations on the palm of his hand and anterior surface of his wrist. During examination, the physician put a piece…
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