PLE Category: Anatomy

PLE-256

In portal hypertension, which of the following veins will not engorge and is not a collateral of the circulation?

PLE-257

A 17-year-old football player comes to the emergency department, hopping on his right foot. An X-ray of the left leg shows a fracture of the neck of the fibula. Which of the following findings do you most expect on physical examination?

PLE-258

A 24-year-old male gang member is hit over the right side of his head with a baseball bat during a brawl. He loses consciousness for a few minutes but recovers promptly. One hour later, he is found unconscious at his home. The right pupil is fixed and dilated. When he was rushed to the ER, a stat CT was done, which showed lenticular hyperdensity in the temporoparietal area. The blood vessel that most likely bled in this case is a direct branch of which?

PLE-254

Laceration of the male urethra, just inferior to the urogenital diaphragm, would likely result in extravasation of urine into all of the following regions, except:

PLE-255

A 5-year-old male with a bounding pulse has a thrill best palpated over the upper left sternal edge. A continuous murmur is heard over the area on cardiac auscultation. If surgery is planned, the surgeon should intervene on a derivative of which of the following embryological structures?

PLE-251

A 52-year-old male has had a chronic cough with occasional low volume hemoptysis for the past three weeks. He is a two-pack-per-day cigarette smoker and drinks three to four cans of beer on weekends. Physical examination reveals right-sided face and right arm swelling, as well as engorgement of subcutaneous veins on the right side of the neck. Which of the following veins is most likely obstructed in this patient?

PLE-252

After a motor vehicle accident, a patient is brought to the emergency room. X-rays reveal that she has fractures of her left ninth and tenth ribs. She has a rapid heart rate and low blood pressure. Peritoneal lavage reveals free blood in the peritoneal cavity. A surgeon is able to stop the bleeding by placing a clamp across which of the following structures?

PLE-253

The glossopharyngeal nerve is accidentally transected during a surgical procedure in a 45-year-old male. What is the most likely loss in this patient?

PLE-249

A 30-year-old man involved in a car accident was rushed to the ER with severe lower abdominal pain and gross hematuria. Radiologic evaluation revealed a pelvic fracture. Which of the following statements regarding bladder rupture is not true?