PLE Category: Anatomy

PLE-279

Which of the following is not located in the deep perineal space in males?

PLE-275

A 12-year-old boy was eating hurriedly when the school bell rang, which signaled the end of the recess period. He suddenly choked while swallowing the siomai whole without chewing. The Heimlich maneuver was done but was unsuccessful in dislodging the food from the airways. A rigid bronchoscopy was performed. Where is the siomai most likely lodged?

PLE-276

The abdominal cavity is lined by the peritoneum. Which of the following is true regarding the peritoneum?

PLE-277

At what level of the gastrointestinal tract is the scope located, 40 cm from the central incisors?

PLE-273

A patient had been in a car accident, wherein he suffered superficial lacerations, but the neurologic exam was normal. Six months later, he complains of loss of pain and temperature sensations in the hands and forearm. This progressed to include mild weakness of hand grip and extension of the sensory loss to the arm and shoulders. An MRI of the spinal cord shows a cyst in a segment of the spinal cord. What pathology is consistent with this?

PLE-274

During thyroidectomy, the surgeon accidentally ligated the right recurrent laryngeal nerve. Which of the following actions on the vocal cord by the muscles of phonation is spared?

PLE-272

A 60-year-old patient with known atherosclerotic heart disease suddenly complains of an acute onset blurring of vision, in which stroke was entertained. MRI shows that the lesion involved the cerebral cortex supplied by the left posterior cerebral artery. What visual field defect is expected?

PLE-269

A 32-year-old biker fell and sustained lacerations in the right arm with a suspicious fracture. In the ER, X-rays were requested, which showed a fracture in the midshaft of the humerus. Which of the following muscles would exhibit weakness?

PLE-270

A patient sustains an injury in the posterior cord of the brachial plexus. Which of the following actions is NOT compromised?