PLE Category: Anatomy

PLE-1029

Young Timmy was playing on the playground at school when he fell and struck his arm against the swing set. He ran to the school nurse, complaining of which of the following conditions as a result of injuring the radial nerve in the spiral groove of the humerus?

PLE-1026

While speaking at a charity program, a middle-aged woman suddenly collapses to the ground. She is found to have a massive stroke, but it is unclear where the vascular lesion is located. She undergoes a cerebral arteriogram. Normally, the great cerebral vein of Galen drains directly into which of the following sinuses?

PLE-1027

Why is chemotherapy and radiation used after surgical resection for carcinoma of the uterus that can spread to the labia majus through lymphatics?

PLE-1024

While playing in a Super Bowl game, a 33-year-old professional football player is tackled, and his anterior cruciate ligament is torn. If not injured, the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee joint:

PLE-1025

While resecting a tumor in the palate, a surgical intern removes the mass but finds that it is deeply invasive into the tendon that loops around the pterygoid hamulus. Which of the following muscles would most likely be paralyzed?

PLE-1023

While playing football, a 20-year-old college student receives a twisting injury to his knee when being tackled from the lateral side. Which of the following conditions most likely has occurred?

PLE-1021

Which vessels may be encountered when performing a low tracheotomy below the isthmus of the thyroid on a high school basketball player who is experiencing sudden difficulty in breathing and has been brought to the emergency department?

PLE-1022

While examining radiographs and angiograms of a 53-year-old patient, a physician is trying to distinguish the jejunum from the ileum. He has observed that the jejunum has:

PLE-1017

Which structure related to the anatomic snuffbox is most likely to be damaged in a construction worker’s destructive injury?