Test 4 Week Questions Flashcards
A child that is riding his bicycle hits a crack on the trolley track and falls on his elbow. The child then starts to hold his elbow and touches the muscle that extends the elbow. What nerve would MOST likely be innervated by this muscle?
A. Medial N.
B. Ulnar N.
C. Radial N.
D. Posterior Interosseous
C. Radial N.
What nerve comes out of the greater sciatic foramen below the prirformis and innnervates the Gluteus Maximus?
A. Superior Gluteal N.
B. Inferior Gluteal N.
C. Pudenal N.
D. N. to Quadratus Femoris
B. Inferior Gluteal N.
An aristocratic woman in the 1700s fell on her hand during a morning jaunt and noticed pain in the region of her anatomical snuff box, and continued pain while holding her perasol. Which bone is most likely fractured?
A. Scaphoid
B. Radius
C. Trapezium
D. Capitate
A. Scaphoid
You participate in your town’s annual arm-wrestling match. During, you hear what sounds like a break followed by excruciating pain in your humerus. What fracture can be severely impacted by a high stress area during this activity?
A. Linear Fracture
B. Spiral Fracture
C. Transverse Fracture
D. Greenstick Fracture
B. Spiral Fracture
Which artery branches off the deep femoral artery and directly supplies blood to the femur?
A. Interanl Iliac Artery
B. Lateral Circumflex Artery
C. Perforating Arteries
D. Inguinal Artery
C. Perforating Artery
The serratus anterior laterally rotates the scapula and supports the scapula in the thoracic wall. Damage to what nerve causes a “winged scapula” and the inability to laterally rotate the scapula?
A. Suprascapular N.
B. Long Thoracic N.
C. Musculocutaneous N.
D. Supraclavicular N.
B. Long Thoracic N.
A bull rider bruised her medial thigh falling during the rodeo and is complaining of knee joint flexion issues. Which medial thigh muscle is most likely implicated?
A. Pectineus
B. Adductor Longus
C. Adductor Brevis
D. Gracilis
D. Gracilis
A patient is having a bypass surgery, her surgeon told her he would make a surgical cut along the inside of her leg, between her ankle and groin. What vain is most common for bypass surgery?
A. External Iliac V.
B. Varicose V.
C. Saphenous V.
D. Anterior Tibial V.
C. Saphenous V.
A patient is complaining of pain and tingling in their buttocks and posterior thigh. You take an ultrasound of the muscles within the region and discover that the piriformis muscle has tightened causing compression of surrounding nerves. What nerve is responsibe for causing your patient’s discomfort?
A. Pudendal N.
B. Inferior Gluteal N.
C. Sciatic N.
D. Superior Gluteal N.
C. Sciatic N.
A patient comes in complaining of pain in the knee. They states that they twisted their knee and were unable to walk after. An examination was done, and it showed that they had an inferior tear in the anterior cruciate ligament. What other portion of the knee was affected?
A. Medial Meniscus
B. Lateral Meniscus
C. Lateral Collateral Ligament
D. Medial Collateral Ligament
A. Medial Meniscus
A patient complains of lower leg pain and numbness. What two major branches of the Sciatic nerve that could cause this?
A. Tibial N. and Medial Plantar N.
B. Femoral N. and Common Fibular N.
C. Tibial N. and Common Fibular N.
D. Femoral N. and Obturator N.
C. Tibial N. and Common Fibular N.
There are cords coming off the brachial plexus. Which of the following branches comes off the medial cord?
A. Musculocutaneous
B. Radial
C. Ulnar
D. Axillary
C. Ulnar
A patient comes in explaining an injury she experienced with her right knee. She begins to explain that her foot remained planted into the ground while her hips rotated quickly to the left. With this excess rotation in the knee joint, what structure may be ruptured or partially ruptured?
A. Patellar Ligament
B. Medial/Lateral Meniscus
C. Anterior Cruciate Ligament
D. Posterior Cruciate Ligament
B. Medial/Lateral Meniscus
During a night’s sleep, a man woke up to the lateral side of his forearm lacking feeling and slowly starting to tingle throughout his arm. What nerve might cause this type of reaction if compressed?
A. Ulnar N.
B. Median N.
C. Musculocutaneous N.
D. Radial N.
D. Radial N.
A patient complains about difficulty sleeping on their right side, and pain when palpating their right hip. What condition may your patient be suffering from?
A. Ischiogluteal Bursitis
B. Gluteus Medius Bursitis
C. Trochanteric Bursitis
D. Iliopsoas Bursitis
C. Trochanteric Bursitis
