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Question 0

Blood supply of tympanic membrane

Answer 0

Lateral aspect is from circumferential and manubrial branches of the deep auricular branch of the maxillary artery

Question 1

Innervation of cornea

Answer 1

Ophthalmic division of trigeminal nerve

Question 2

Most common site of chronic sinusitis

Answer 2

Maxillary most common
Ethmoid
Frontal
Sphenoid least common

Question 3

Course of facial nerve

Answer 3

Motor part Arises from facial nerve nucleus in pons
Sensory and parasympathetic parts from nervus intermedius

Both enter PETROUS TEMPORAL BONE via INTERNAL AUDITORY MEATUS, emerges from STYLOMASTOID FORAMEN and passes through PAROTID GLAND where it divides into 5 major branches

Question 4

Narrowest portion of trachea

Answer 4

Subglottis in infants and children

LARYNX in adults

Question 5

Normal thyroid weight

Answer 5

10 to 30 grams

Question 6

Normal cystic duct diameter

Answer 6

1-5 mm

Question 7

Metastasis of papillary thyroid cancer

Answer 7

Lymph nodes

Lung (snowflake appearance)

Question 8

Muscle that ABDUCTS vocal cords

Answer 8

Cricoarytenoid

Question 9

Blood supply of sinoatrial node

Answer 9

Right coronary artery

Question 10

Location of SA node

Answer 10

Submyocardial at lateral aspect of junction of SVC and R atrium

Question 11

Site of injection for intercostal nerve block

Answer 11

Angle of the rib, 7cm lateral to midline. Intercostal space, midway between dermatomes to be blocked

Question 12

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST) arise from what layer

Answer 12

Interstitial cells of cajal between muscular layers of GI tract (myenteric plexus?)

Question 13

What is the pringle maneuver?

Answer 13

Often used in liver surgery to minimize blood loss.
Haemostat is used to clamp the hepatoduodenal ligamentinterrupting blood flow through the hepatic artery and portal vein should bleeding continue, it is likely that the IVC or hepatic vein were also traumatized

Question 14

What is Sengstaken-Blakemore

Answer 14

Tube inserted through nose or mouth to manage UGIB due to esophageal varices

Question 15

Most common anal fistula

Answer 15

Intersphincteric most common

Transsphincteric
Suprasphincteric
Extrasphincteric least common

Question 16

Problem in foot drop

Answer 16

Weakness of ankle and toe dorsiflexors
(tibialis anterior, extensor hallucis longus, extensor digitorum longus)
Reffered to as steppage gait
Results in equinovarus deformity

Question 17

What are the different leg compartments

Answer 17

Anterior
Lateral
Deep posterior
Superficial posterior

Question 18

Components of anterior compartment of leg

Answer 18

Muscles
Tibialis anterior
Extensor hallucis longus
Extensor digitorum longus
Peroneus tertius

Neurovasculature
Deep peroneal nerve
Anterior tibial vessels

Question 19

Lateral compartment of leg

Answer 19

Muscles
Fibularis/peroneus longus and brevis

Neurovasclature
Superficial peroneal nerve

Question 20

Components of deep posterior compartment of leg

Answer 20

Tibialis posterior
Flexor hallucis longus
Flexor digitorum longus
Popliteus

Tibial nerve
Posterior tibial vessels

Question 21

Components of superficial posterior compartment of leg

Answer 21

Gastrocnemius
Soleus
Plantaris

Medial sural cutaneous nerve

Question 22

Blood supply of ureter

Answer 22

Proximal to distal RGAC
Renal
Gonadal
Abdominal Aorta
Common illiac artery

Laterally, by branches of internal illiac artery
Inferior vesical artery in men
Terine and vaginal arteries in women

Question 23

Langer’s Lines

Answer 23

Correspond to natural orientation of collagen fibers in the dermis
Generally perpendicular to the orientation of the underlying muscle fibers

Question 24

Thigh is divided into how many compartments and what are they?

Answer 24

Medial (obturator nerve), posterior (sciatic nerve) and anterior (femoral nerve) fascial compartments

Question 25

Components of the Medial Fascial Compartment of the Thigh

Answer 25

Obturator nerve
Hip ADDUCTORS
Gracilis
Adductor longus, brevis and magnus

Question 26

Components of Posterior Fascial Component of Thigh

Answer 26

Sciatic Nerve

Knee Flexors and Hip Extensors
Hamstrings
   Biceps femoris
   Semitendinosus
   Semimembranosus

Question 27

Components of Anterior Fascial Compartment of Thigh

Answer 27

Femoral nerve

Hip flexors
Knee extensors

Sartorius (longest muscle in the human body)
Quadriceps (rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius)

Question 28

Longest muscle in human body

Answer 28

Sartorius

Question 29

Completely covers the tesis

Answer 29

Tunica albuginea/vaginalis?

Question 30

Site of paracentesis

Answer 30

Anterolateral abdominal wall into the peritoneal cavity through the linea alba. Needle is inserted superior to the urinary bladder and in a location that avoids the inferior epigastric artery