PLE-707
A 33-year-old patient with multiple fractures of the pelvis has no cutaneous sensation in the urogenital triangle. The function of which of the following nerves is most likely to be spared?
PLE Category: Anatomy
PLE-708
A 33-year-old woman has hoarseness in her voice, and her uvula is deviated to the left on phonation. Which of the following nerves is damaged?
PLE-709
A 34-year-old male patient complains of feeling severe pain when he tries to turn his neck. A physician realizes that the problem is in his pivot (trochoid) joint. Which of the following joints would most likely be examined?
PLE-704
A 33-year-old man undergoes vasectomy as a means of permanent birth control. A physician performing the vasectomy by making an incision on each side of the scrotum should remember which of the following statements most applicable to the scrotum?
PLE-705
A 33-year-old patient has a tension pneumothorax that can be treated with needle aspiration. To avoid an injury of the intercostal neurovascular bundle, the needle may be inserted in which of the following locations?
PLE-706
A 33-year-old patient who weighs 275 lb comes to the doctor’s office. On the surface of the chest, the physician is able to locate the apex of the heart:
PLE-701
A 33-year-old carpenter fell from the roof. The lateral longitudinal arch of his foot was flattened from fracture and displacement of the keystone for the arch. Which of the following bones is damaged?
PLE-702
A 33-year-old house painter suffers from a head injury after falling off a ladder and has bleeding in his head. During intraoperative testing, the neurosurgeon notes loss of general sensation in the dura of the middle cranial fossa. Which of the following nerves has been affected?
PLE-703
A 33-year-old man is involved in a car accident and receives a crushed internal injury in his abdomen. Examination reveals a lesion of parasympathetic fibers in the vagus nerve, which interferes with glandular secretory or smooth muscle functions in which of the following organs?
PLE-698
A 32-year-old roofer walks in with tenosynovitis resulting from a deep penetrated wound in the palm by a big nail. Examination indicates that he has an infection in the ulnar bursa. This infection most likely resulted in necrosis of which of the following tendons?