PLE Category: Anatomy

PLE-991

Which muscle is most likely damaged if a construction worker is unable to plantar flex and invert his foot after being hit on the leg with a concrete block?

PLE-987

Which movements would most likely be affected by an injury to the thoracodorsal nerve sustained by a ballet dancer who falls and hurts herself during a practice session before opening night?

PLE-988

Which muscle could potentially be paralyzed as a result of severe trauma to the articular disk and capsule of the temporomandibular joint in a kick fighter who has been knocked out by their opponent?

PLE-984

Which carpal bone is most likely damaged in a victim of an automobile accident with a destructive injury to the proximal row?

PLE-985

Which intrinsic muscle of the thumb is most likely injured in a patient with Bennett’s fracture, resulting in impaired thumb movement?

PLE-986

Which ligament is most likely stretched when a young college student with flat foot presents with lateral displacement and eversion of the foot, causing the head of the talus to be unsupported?

PLE-979

Which artery is likely to be compressed and cause ischemia due to a bruise and damage to the extensor muscles of the leg when a basketball player is hit in the thigh by an opponent’s knee?

PLE-980

Which artery is most likely to be injured during pelvic surgery when severe bleeding is observed from the artery within the true pelvis?

PLE-981

Which artery, directly branching from the subclavian artery, is most likely involved in the anastomosis that is responsible for the fair condition of a patient with a knife wound causing bleeding from the shoulder?

PLE-982

Which artery’s branch may be damaged as a result of a rupture of the ligamentum teres capitis femoris?