Anatomy Buzzwords

Question 1

Injury: Flattened Deltoid

Answer 1

Anterior Dislocation of humerus

Question 2

Injury: Intact Afferent Pupillary Reflex, unilateral efferent defect—signs?

Answer 2

Oculomotor nerve damage; drooping of eyelid

Question 3

Injury leading to Hyperphagia

Answer 3

Ventromedial Thalamus Damage

Question 4

Injury leading to anorexia

Answer 4

Lateral Thalamus damage

Question 5

Anterior Compartment Syndrome Structures

Answer 5

Deep Peroneal/Fibular Nerve, Tibial artery

Question 6

Structure injured in variocele “bag of worms”

Answer 6

Pampinoform plexus

Question 7

Structure injured in hydrocele (communicating)–Transilluminating scrotum

Answer 7

Tunica Vaginalis

Question 8

What two structures does median nerve pass thru to cause carpal tunnel like stuff (not carpal tunnel structure)

Answer 8

flexor digitorum superficialis, flexor digitorum profundus

Question 9

What needs to be ligated in oophrectomy

Answer 9

Suspensory Ligament (aka infundibulopelvic ligament)

Question 10

What needs to be ligated in hystectomy

Answer 10

Round Ligament, ureter

Question 11

Cryptoorchidism-testicle failed to descend- what do you pull it through to fix

Answer 11

External abdominal aponeurosis (the superficial inguinal ring)

Question 12

The weird hip drop thing on contralateral side- what side do you target on other side to fix (Trendelberg sign)

Answer 12

Superomedial quadrant

Question 13

Where is most water reabsorbed in kidney

Answer 13

Proximal tubule (REGARDLESS OF DEHYDRATION)

Question 14

Mass at third portion of duodenum- what vessel can get hurt?

Answer 14

SMA; it is at level of L3 (anterior to duodenum here)

Question 15

Nerve block between anterior and middle scalene- what could get hurt?

Answer 15

phrenic nerve

Question 16

Injury: Linear skull frcture at junction of frontal, parietal, temporal and sphenoid bones–what vessel is damaged?

Answer 16

Middle Meningeal artery (branch of Maxillary artery)

Question 17

Unilateral SVC syndrome looking thing

Answer 17

Brachiocephalic vein obstruction

Question 18

Fever and flank pain after hysterectomy-injury?

Answer 18

Ureter

Question 19

What muscle do you need in valsalva maneuver

Answer 19

Your abs. Rectus abdoinis

Question 20

Cauterize to stop a nose bleed?

Answer 20

Nasal septum (Kisselbach plexus)

Question 21

Posterior Rostral Pons near lateral floor of fourth ventricle- structure and what does it secrete?

Answer 21

Locus Cereleus, Norepinephrine

Question 22

Where is dopamine produced

Answer 22

VTA area and substantia nigra pars compacta, midbrain

Question 23

Gerstmann syndrome- can’t write, can’t do math, can’t identify fingers, disorientated left-right- damaged structure?

Answer 23

Angular gyrus of dominant parietal lobe

Question 24

What is going on in Retrograde Vertebrae arterial flow

Answer 24

Subclavian artery is occluded (before vertebral branch, so have to flow around)—Subclavian Steal

Question 25

What Stomach Vessel is vulnerable to ischemic injury, what does it branch from

Answer 25

Short Gastric—from splenic

Question 26

What is damaged in Pancoast tumor

Answer 26

Autonomic Ganglia (Brachial Plexus, or cervical sympathetic ganglia (Horner’s Syndrome))

Question 27

Injury—mass medial to inferior epigastric (older guy)-Process?

Answer 27

DIrect Inguinal Hernia, Breakdown of transversalis fascia

Question 28

Tender bulge below inguinal ligament, lateral to pubic tubercle–injury? What is structure lateral to it?

Answer 28

Femoral Hernia, Femoral vein is just lateral

Question 29

Landmark to use to find appendix?

Answer 29

Teniae Coli

Question 30

Deficits in CN III, IV, VI, V (opthalmic and maxillary)- what is injury?

Answer 30

Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis

Question 31

AV Node Blood Supply: Left Dominant? Right Dominant?

Answer 31

Left (less common): Left circumflex

Right: Right Coronary

Question 32

Orbital Floor fracture (you know maxillary sinus) but what nerve gets damaged, what sensation loss?

Answer 32

Upper Cheek, Upper Lip, Upper Gingiva (Infraorbital nerve)

Question 33

What is the radial groove/sulcus, what structures can be damaged?

Answer 33

It is the midshaft humerus. Deep Brachial Artery (profunda brachii), radial nerve

Question 34

Vessel Damage in Supracondylar fracture of humerus

Answer 34

Brachial artery

Question 35

Drooping of Shoulder, impaired abduction above horizontal, winging of scapula- injury?

Answer 35

Trapezius (Spinal Acessory damage) in posterior triangle

Question 36

Patellar Injury- lost function?

Answer 36

Can’t extend knee against gravity

Question 37

Glossopharyngeal nerve damage findings?

Answer 37

loss of gag reflex (afferent limb), loss of sensation in way back of mouth/pharynx/tonsils/post 1/3 tongue (and middle ear)

Question 38

Supraspinatus function

Answer 38

Abduction

Question 39

Where in the abdomen is the pancreas on a CT

Answer 39

midline.

Question 40

Nerve injured in thyroidectomy, muscle it supplies?

Answer 40

Superior Laryngeal nerve—cricothyroid

Question 41

Nerve supplying aryepiglotticus, lateral and posterior cricoarytenoid, thyroartenoid?

Answer 41

recurrent laryngeal nerve

Question 42

(-crine) Cell process by which acne is created?

Answer 42

Holocrine (cell lysis and releasing membrane contents)

Question 43

Increased Sensitivity to sound (muscle and nerve)

Answer 43

Stapedius, facial nerve

Question 44

Fundus Gastric Varicies–what artery is occluded (and who can it happen to)

Answer 44

Short Gastric Veins (from splenic vein)—people with chronic pancreatitis

Question 45

Most common site of aortic injury in trauma

Answer 45

Aortic Isthmus (right before it goes down after branches have come off)

Question 46

What is the area where CN VIII is often compressed in acoustic neuromas?

Answer 46

Cerebellopontine angle