Wounds affecting this layer gape widely due to the opposing pull of the muscle attached to it:

The key to a safe thoracentesis is to keep the needle close to:

After squeezing an infected pustule on the nose a diagnosis of cavernous sinus thrombosis was made. Infection from this area was carried by the facial vein to the cavernous sinus through the ____________ vein.

The best space to enter in the neck for an emergency access to the airway outside the hospital:

At the neck, swallowed foreign body may be lodged in the part of the esophagus opposite the level of:

In which part of the lobar bronchus does inhaled foreign bodies get usually lodged?

In what area is tracheostomy best done?

The nerve that is injured when one hastily ligates the inferior thyroid artery during thyroid surgery:

Which statement is true of the internal jugular vein?

Narrowest part of the larynx in infants:

The bifurcation of the common carotid artery is at the level of:

A 44 year old man with a stab wound was brought to the emergency department, and a physician found that the patient was suffering from a laceration of his right phrenic nerve. Which of the following conditions has likely occurred?

A 75 year old patient has been suffering from lung cancer located near the cardiac notch, a deep indentation on the lung. Which of the following lobes is most likely to be excised?

A 31 year old football player with a head injury is brought to a local emergency department. Physical examination, radiogram, and a magnetic resonance imaging scan indicate a lesion of the trigeminal nerve. Which of the following muscles is most likely paralyzed?

A 56 year old male chronic smoker had a history of weight loss, body malaise. He comes for consult due to multiple swellings or neck masses. Which set of lymph nodes should be palpated and biopsied for suspicion of metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

The thyroid isthmus is known to lie in which area?

A 56 year old male patient suffered a motor vehicular accident. He suffered multiple rib fractures and had ecchymoses along the right hemithorax. Chest x-ray revealed blurring of the right costophrenic sulci. The surgeon plans to insert a chest tube to drain the fluid at which site?

What is the most common lobe to be affected in atelectasis?

Inverted or retracted nipple is due to cancer invasion of the: