PLE Category: Anatomy

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A 49-year-old college football coach undergoes a radical prostatectomy for a malignant tumor in his prostate. Following surgery, he is incapable of achieving an erection. Which of the following nerves is most likely damaged during the surgery?

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A 48-year-old woman has a large mass on the pelvic brim. Which of the following structures is most likely compressed by this mass when crossing the pelvic brim?

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A 48-year-old woman has had a lumpectomy and axillary dissection to check for metastasis. She has come in for her followup appointment, and her physician notices on her physical examination that the medial part of her scapula protrudes from her back and that she is not able to raise her arm above the horizontal level. Which of the following nerves has been damaged during her surgery?

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A 48-year-old woman is diagnosed as having a large lump in her right breast. Lymph from the cancerous breast drains primarily into which of the following nodes?

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A 47-year-old patient comes to his doctor’s office and complains of chest pain and headache. His computed tomography (CT) scan reveals a tumor located just superior to the root of the right lung. Blood flow in which of the following veins is most likely blocked by this tumor?

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A 48-year-old man cannot move his eye laterally. Which of the following conditions would cause this type of inability to move the eye?

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A 48-year-old man with a known atrial fibrillation returns to see his cardiologist for follow-up of his cardiac health. The right atrium is important in this case because it:

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A 46-year-old woman is experiencing numbness over the tip of her nose. Which of the following nerves is most likely to be affected?

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A 46-year-old woman presents with a tumor confined to the posterior mediastinum. This could result in compression of which of the following structures?