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Father of medicine.

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Hippocrates.

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Founded comparative anatomy.

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Aristotle.

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Founder of modern anatomy.

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Andreas Vesalius.

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First live dissection was done by.

Father of anatomy.

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Herophilos.

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Who wrote anothomia - book of anatomy ?

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Mondino de’Luzzi.

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6
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Who discovered circulation of blood?

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William Harvey.

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7
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Source of bleeding in.

  1. EDH
  2. SDH
  3. SAH
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  1. Middle meningeal artery
  2. Bridging/ diploe veins
  3. Rupture of congenital berry aneurysm
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Source of bleeding in.

  1. Epistaxis
  2. Epistaxis in little’s area
  3. Tonsillectomy
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  1. Submucous venous plexus (kesselback’s plexus)
  2. Sphenopalatine artery
  3. Paratonsillar veins, tonsillar and ascending palatine arteries
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Sources of bleeding.

  1. Hemoptysis, bronchiectasis
  2. Hemoptysis in LVF
  3. Hemoptysis in Rasmussen’s aneurysm
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  1. Bronchial artery
  2. Pulmonary veins
  3. Pulmonary artery
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Rasmussen’s aneurysm.

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Aneurysm of the pulmonary artery adjacent to or within a tuberculous cavity in pulmonary TB.

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Sources of bleeding in.

  1. Tennis ball/ blunt injury to the eye.
  2. Tracheostomy.
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  1. Circulus iridis major

2. Isthmus and inferior thyroid veins

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Sources of bleed in.

  1. Gastric ulcer
  2. Duodenal ulcer.
  3. Diverticulosis.
  4. Haemorrhoids.
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  1. Left gastric artery or splenic artery.
  2. Gastroduodenal artery.
  3. Superior mesenteric artery.
  4. Submucous venous plexus (superior + inferior rectal veins).
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Sources of bleeding in.

  1. Retropubic prostatectomy.
  2. Hysterectomy.
  3. Menstruation.
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  1. Dorsal venous plexus.
  2. Internal iliac arteries.
  3. Spiral arteries of the endometrium.
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14
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Method used for coronary angiography.

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MC - Seldinger technique.

Other - Judkin’s technique.

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Arteries used for coronary artery bypass graft.

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Internal mammary artery > radial artery graft.

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16
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Best vein for CABG.

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Saphenous vein.

17
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Heubner’s artery.

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Recurrent branch of anterior cerebral artery.

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Charcot’s artery of cerebral haemorrhage.

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Lenticulostriate artery which is a branch of middle cerebral artery.

19
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Artery of Adam keiwicz.

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Also called arteria radicularis magna.

Arises from the posterior intercostal artery at T9 and supplies from T9 to T12.

20
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Artery of epistaxis.

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Sphenopalatine artery.

21
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Anaesthetists artery.

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Facial artery.

22
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Widow maker artery.

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Left anterior descending coronary artery.

23
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Artery of Wilkie.

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Supraduodenal (from retroduodenal or gastroduodenal arteries).

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Artery of Drummond.

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Marginal artery of the colon.

Important connection between the SMA and the IMA.

25
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Arc of Riolan.

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Arises from the IMA.
Called the mesenteric meandering artery.
Runs proximally to the root of the mesentery.
Important connection between the SMA and the IMA.

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Critical point of Sudeck.

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Specific location in the arterial supply of the rectosigmoid junction.

27
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Critical point of Griffiths.

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Area of watershed anastomoses between ascending left colic artery and the marginal artery of Drummond at the region of the splenic flexure.

28
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Azygos artery of the vagina.

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Formed from uterine artery and 2 longitudinal branches from vaginal arteries.

29
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Spiral arteries of the endometrium are branches of.

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Uterine artery.

30
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Helicine arteries are seen in the.

31
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Largest nutrient artery in the body.

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Nutrient artery of Tibia - Posterior tibial artery (branch of popliteal artery).

Branch of posterior tibial artery (peroneal artery) is also the nutrient artery of the fibula.

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Branches of axillary artery from each part.

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1st part - Superior thoracic artery.
2nd part - lateral thoracic artery and acromiothoracic artery.
3rd part - anterior and posterior circumflex humoral arteries. Subscapular arteries.

33
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Branches of subclavian artery in each part.

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1st - VIT - Vertebral arteries/ Internal mammary arteries/ thyrocervical trunk
2nd - costocervical trunk
3rd - dorsal scapular arteries.

34
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Arteries which are divided into three parts by muscles.

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Maxillary artery - Lateral pterygoid muscle.
Subclavian artery - scalenus anterior muscle.
Axillary artery - pectoralis minor muscle.

35
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Planes of the body.
Sagittal.
Coronal.
Median.
Transverse.
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Sagittal - left and right halves.
Coronal - anterior and posterior halves.
Median - midsagittal - equal right and left halves.
Transverse - horizontal upper and lower halves.

36
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Study of developmental history.

Study of evolutionary history.

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Study of developmental history is called ontogeny.

Study of evolutionary history is called phylogeny.

37
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The word anatomy is derived from.

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The Greek word Anatome.

38
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Flat/ broad sheet-like tendons are known as.

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Aponeuroses.

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