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Lesion of Cranial nerve X : where does it exit, where is the lesion

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exits brain from behind the olive in the medulla oblongata and leaves through the jugular foramen

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What skull fracture is often associated with a lesion of the middle meningeal artery ?

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the temporal bone at the pterion

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What substances make up the plaques in atherosclerosis

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cholesterol, fatty substances, cellular waste products, calcium and fibrin

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What bacteria cause meningitis

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Streptococcus pneumoniae (airborne)
Group B Streptococcus
Neisseria meningitidis (salivary fluid) (teens)
Haemophilus influenzae
Listeria monocytogenes
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What creates the need to increase dosage for the same effect of a drug over time

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desensitization of receptors

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What are the infra-hyoid muscles

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Thryohyoid
sternothryoid
sternohyoid
omohyoid (lateral)

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Patient who exercises a lot and eats little. What is this patients energy source

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gluconeogenesis (after glycolysis)

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4 year old with fever, headache and stiff neck. Her right leg has a flaccid paralysis. What is the cause

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meningitis ? ventral horn lesion (in review notes)

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What nerve innervates temporal and masseter muscles

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mandibular nerve (V3)

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during cervical rotation which articulation will stop you from checking your blindspot

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C1-C2

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microcytic anemia hypochrome : how is the blood cell

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small and colourless

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Elbow pain when removing backpack and putting it on the table. what type of contraction is responsible for the pain

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eccentric contraction

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Where is the cell body of the superior gluteal nerve

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Ventral horn : sacral plexus L4/L5/S1

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a patient arrives with calf pain with tension in the leg and has a severe pulmonary infection. You refer him with suspicion of what

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pulmonary embolism

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What is the effect of acetylsalicylic acid (aspirine)

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reduce production of prostaglandines and thromboxine by COX enzyme

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Child with a sore throat and then headache, neck stiffness and fever. What bacteria is the cause.

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Streptococcus B

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What facilitates iron absorption

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Vitamin C

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cholesterol is a precursor of what vitamine

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Vitamin D

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Patient with back pain does SLR with leg straight which causes pain and then with external rotation which doesn’t cause pain. explain

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piriformis ?

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which sections of the sarcomere contract during muscle contraction

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A band : same (length of thick filament)
Z line : same
H-zone : narrows and dissapears (thick filament only)
I band : contracts (thin filament only)

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abdominal lesion to the left that hurts during left rotation which muscle is hurt

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internal oblique

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a kid played video games all weekend and can no longer extend his thumb, what muscle is involved

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long abductor

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what innervates facet joints and disks

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medial branch of the dorsal ramus

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What innervates disks?

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sinuvertebral nerves

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Punch out lesions in a elderly patient's spine. What will we find on their blood test
Bence jones proteins (multiple myeloma)
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What nerve innervates arm extensors
C6-C7-C8 ?? c7-c8 or c6-c7
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benign pancreatic tumor on the islets can cause what
increased insuline secretion
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Sympathetic ganglia T10, which nerve
Lesser splanchnic nerve | least splanchnic T12, Greater T5-9
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If you have a complete lesion of a root, what symptom
anesthesia. (no sensation whatsoever.
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What to do when you have kidney stones
drink lots of water.
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medial elbow injury, what nerve could be injured
ulnar
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how can you transmit a meningitis
kissing, airborne droplets
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patient with trouble abducting and externally rotation arm. there is a lesion of the transverse scapular ligament, what nerve could be injured
suprascapular nerve.
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What pathways could be interrupted with a tumour in the internal capsule
corticospinal, spino-thalamic, dorsal column/ lemniscal
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what could occur in children if mother doesnt eat enough green vegetables
B9 deficiency, spina bifida
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what causes benign prostate hyperplasia
proliferation of epithelial and stromal cells
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what foods can increase risk of kidney stones
beets, rhubarb spinach, seafood, salt
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horizontal nystagmus is caused by what
vestibular system
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finger-nose test is positive for what syndrome
cerebellar
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what movement is more present in the lower thoracics then in the upper
flexion
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patient with numbness in the leg but neural exam is normal. what is it
paresthesia
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MVA motor vehicle accident a few months ago and has many symptoms, how are these symptoms described
somatoform/psychosomatic
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patient with torn infraspinatous and teres minor what would you see
less compression of humerus in glenohumeral joint and preferential internal rotation lack of external
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what natural supplement to diminish inflammation in the hips
curcumin
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you were doing subscapular work and hit a nerve that sent tingling into the patients 4th and 5th fingers. which nerve was it
ulnar
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what type of epithelium is in the duodenum
simple columnar
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complete extension of the knee is limited by what muscle
triceps surae (calf muscles)
48
you're in a vehicle that
movement of cristals in semi-circular canal
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1 year old starts walking, mom sees the spine change at what level
lumbar
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mom does a 30 week ultrasound, what developpement can be observes
differentiation of sexual organs
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traumatic birthing, lesion of the brachial plexus the baby can't lift arm above shoulder height, what nerve is injured
musculo-cutaneous
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taste of the back 3rd of the tongue is given by what nerve
IX glossopharngeal
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glossodynia is a deficit in what
estrogen/progesterone
54
primary lumbo-pelvic stabilizing muscles
psoas
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macrocytic anemia with fatigue. what vitamine should you give them
cobalamine (B12)
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What ion is responable for allowing neurotrasmitters into the neuromuscular junction
Ca 2+
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lady with car accident three weeks ago, stick neck, sore butt, fatigue, has stopped all activity because she doesn
her attitude.
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older lady with a rock in her shoe that created a lesion on the bottom of her second toe, she didn
diabetic neuropathy of plantar nerves.
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you get numbness if you sit in the leg after sitting in a certain position. what type of nerve lesion is this
neuropraxia
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best muscle for retracting the scapula
rhomboids
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squat, what type of kinetic chain
closed
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a kid scraped his hip playing we suspect an infection and took an xray but see nothing. after how long could we expect signs to show after symptoms arise
5-14 days
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numbness in first three fingers and tinel carpien test positive what type of structure is dammaged
neurological
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A woman wants to become pregnant and she asks what supplement to take
B9- folic acid
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in what for is C02 in the blood
bicarbonate
66
what portion of the vertebral artery has a 90 degree angle
C1 superior
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person with lactose intolerance should eat what to maintain calcium levels
almonds
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patient with long limbs and hyperflexible joints and stretchy skin, what type of disease do they have
genetic
69
Membrane that perceives sound and the thickening causes deafness
basilar membrane
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Older patient with pulmonary consolidation : what is the cause
tumor ?
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what does the dorsal scapular nerve innervate
rhomboid, levator scap,
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What is the I band formed of
actine only
73
what muscles perform protraction of the mandible
external pterygoid/masseter
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What contains omega 3
cachew, fish, oils
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volleyball player, pain during flexion and right rotation.. which abdominal muscle hurts
Right internal oblique.
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how many polypeptide subunits to collagen are there
3
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what happens when you stretch muscle spindles ? | golgi tendons ?
muscle spindles activate muscle, golgi tendon inhibit
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what is the mechanism of thickening of the ligamenta flava
change of elastic fibers to collagen

CCEB Part A (16 decks)

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