eMRCS questions Flashcards
Features of Kilippel-Tranaunay syndrome?
Port wine stains
Varicose veins - not including long saphenous
Gigantism due to soft tissue and bone hypertrophy
Improperly developed lymphatic system
Features of osteomalacia
Low calcium and low phosphate
High ALP
Due to vitamin D deficiency
Triad of felty’s syndrome
Rheumatoid disease
Splenomegaly
Neutropaenia
Contents of the deep perineal pouch
Urethral sphincter
Transversus perinei
Dorsal nerve of penis - branch of perineal nerve
Deep and dorsal arteries of the penis
Artery to bulb
Urethral artery
which thyroid malignancy are oxyphil cells associated with?
Hurthle cell tumour (variant of follicular carcinoma)
What is the lymphatic drainage of the glottis, supraglottis and subglottis?
Glottis - none
Supraglottis - deep cervical lymph nodes
Subglottis - prelaryngeal, pretracheal and inferior deep cervical lymph nodes
What hormone causes pancreas to secrete water and electrolytes?
Secretin
Which muscle relaxants do not cause histamine release?
Vercaronium and suxamethonium as they are not tetrahydroisoquilones
What can be injected IV during neck exploration to help locate the parathyroid glands?
Methylene blue
What substance acts as a urinary acid base buffer?
Phosphate
How is anatomical dead space measured in the lung? and what gas does it use?
Fowler’s method, nitrogen.
Features of hypoklaemia on ECG?
Prolonged PR
Small/abscent T waves
ST depression
Long QT
U waves
What causes an increase in anatomical dead space?
Standing
Drugs that cause bronchodilation eg adrenaline
Increased lung volumes
What is the lymphatic drainage of the
-tip of the tongue?
-posterior 1/3 of the tongue?
- middle of the tongue?
Tip - submental
Posterior 1/3 - deep cervical with early bilateral node metastasis
Middle - predominanaly submandibular if lateral, if more central then could drain directly to deep cervical nodes
Where is most water absorbed in the GI tract?
Jejunum
