14- Pre operative Fawzia MSQs Only Flashcards
1- A 37-year-old man presents with severe headache, photophobia arid neck stiffness. Karnig’s sign is positive and a midline lumbar puncture is performed immediately to determine if a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pathogen is involved. In performing this procedure, which is ‘he first of the following structures to be pierced by the lumbar puncture needle?
Interspinous ligament
in Order from skin to inward skin
supraspinus ligament
interspinus ligament
ligamentum flavum
2- 11. A 70-year-old woman from a nursing home presents to the! Emergency Department with abdominal pain and vomiting. On examination, she is dehydrated and her abdomen is distended. There is a 3 cm 4 cm swelling in her right groin which is non-tender, and there is no cough impulse. At operation, a femoral Hernia found. Which of the following lies medial to the neck of the hernia?
Lacunar ligament
3- 12. A 26-year-old man presents to the Emergency Department with extensive bleeding from his arm after sustaining a glass injury. On examination there is a 7 cm transverse laceration across the anterior aspect of his elbow. On exploring the cubital fossa you would expect the brachial artery to be:
lateral to the median nerve
4- 15. A 45-year-old mart presents with backache and leg pain due to a prolapsed lumbar Intervertebral disc. The pain, which is aggravated by coughing and sneezing, radiates to the lateral aspect of the foot. On examination, there is weakness of the plantar flexors of the foot, which nerve root is most likely to be involved?
S1
5- A 22-year-old man has been stabbed in the left fifth intercostal space at the edge of the sternum. Which structure is most likely to have been penetrated?
Right ventricle
6- 19. An 80-year-old man dislocates his shoulder it is reduced in the Emergency Department. At review three weeks later, he is unable to actively initiate abduction of his arm. Which muscle most likely damaged?
Supraspinatus
initiation up to 15 = supraspinatus
15-90 = deltoid
90 and above = trapezius + seratous anterior
7- 24. A 42-year-old multiparous woman is admitted to the Emergency Department due to pelvic discomfort. The duty gynecologist diagnoses uterine prolapse. Which anatomical structure gives significant direct support to the uterus?
Transverse perinea! Muscles
8- 29. Which one of me following muscles is an extensor of the hip?
Semitendinosus
9- 31. A 65-year-old man presents with haematuria and left loin pain. Computerised tomography demonstrates a left renal tumour. He undergoes a left radical nephrectomy. Where does the left renal artery lie?
Posterior to the left renal vein
remember it croses in front of the aorta and below SMA
10- 32. Within the posterior triangle, which nerve is at particular risk of damage during surgery?
Spinal accessory
11- 33. The right and left pulmonary arteries are derived from which of the following embryological aortic arches?
Sixth aortic arch
12- 35. During arch aortography, the vertebral artery would be seen to arise directly from which of the following?
Subclavian artery
13- 35. During arch aortography, the vertebral artery would be seen to arise directly from which of the following?
Subclavian artery
Subclavian artery is a little bit important, why ?
Because it Supplies :
Thyroid
Breast
Diaphragm
Brain stem
And upper limb
14- 37. A 3-year-old boy is admitted to hospital with severe vomiting. Radiographic examination reveals that he is suffering from annular pancreas. Which of these structures is constricted?
Second part of duodenum
16- 43. A surgeon makes a Pfannenstiel incision for access to the pelvic organs. He incises theabdominal wall down to and through the rectus sheath .- He retracts the rectus abdominis muscles laterally from the midline to expose the:
transversalis fascia
15- 39. A 36-year-old man presents with a two-month history of low back pain radiating to his left leg After clinical examination he is referred for an MRI scan. This shows a prolapsed intervertebral disc. The clinical signs are consistent with pressure on SI roots. Which combination of clinical signs is most likely?
Weak ankle plantarfiexion; altered sensation on the sole of the foot; loss of ankle jerk reflex.
The Trick here is to look for Ankle Reflex loss and sensory loss of s1 root = lateral foot & sole
17- 49. A 65-year-old man presents with vomiting and .weight loss. On examination he had 3 palpable epigastric mass. The transpyloric plane lies at which; vertebral level?
L1
L1 =
Pylorus
Neck of pancreaus
SMA
Gall bladder fundus
kidney hilum
2nd part of dudenum
dudenojujenal flexure
transverse colon
End of spinal cord
18- 51. In an emergency situation what is the most appropriate surgical method of obtaining an airway?
Piercing the cricothyroid membrane
cricothyrodotomy
19- 52. A 75-year-old man presents with hepatomegaly and ascites. Computerised tomography shows evidence of post hepatic portal hypertension. The inferior vena cava passes through the Diaphragm at which vertebral level?
T8
IVC T8 - bifuraction T5
esophagus 4 constrictions diaphragm T10
Aorta T12 bifurcation T4
20- 62. A 2-year-old child is referred because of an impalpable testis in the left scrotum. Which of the following positions describes an ectopic testis?
At the root of the penis
21- 65. An 82-year-old man has complete occlusion of his inferior mesenteric artery on angiography but no symptoms or signs of colonic ischemia. Which of the following arteries is the most likely additional source of blood supply to the territory of the inferior mesenteric artery?
Middle colic
22- 69. A 35-year-old man is admitted to hospital with vomiting, nausea and severe headaches. An MRI scan reveals a tumour of the cerebellopontine angle. Which one of the following pairs of cranial nerves is most likely to be compressed by this tumour?
Facial and vestibulocochlear
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cerebral 2 (1,2 )
midbrain 2 (3,4)
pons 4 ( 5,6,7,8 )
medulla 4 ( 9,10,11,12 )
23- 70. After resection of d rectal tumour a patient experiences erectile dysfunction. Which of the following nerves is most likely to have been damaged in surgery?
Pelvic splanchnic nerves
Nervi ergintis
24- 72. A 22-year-old man arrives to the Emergency Department with sudden breath less ness due to a large pneumothorax. A chest drain is inserted into the fifth left intercostal space in 5th mid-axillary line. There is haemorrhape into the drainage bottle. Which of the following structures is the most likely cause of this acute haemorrhage?
Intercostal artery