A patient develops a neurological disease that destroys components of S2, S3, S4 bilaterally. What clinical manifestation will you expect the patient to have as a result?

During a hysterectomy, vaginal bleeding may be a significant complication. Such bleeding will most likely originate from which of the following arteries?

A stethoscope placed over the left second intercostal space just lateral to the sternum would be best positioned to detect sounds associated with which heart valve?

An elderly lady suffers a coronary occlusion and subsequently it is noted that there is a complete heart block. The artery most likely to be involved is the:

A patient with jaundice was diagnosed with cancer of the head of pancreas. Which structure was compressed by the tumor?

After radical hysterectomy, patient cannot adduct her left leg and there is an absence of sensation on the medial aspect of her left thigh. Most likely explanation?

During fetal life and sometimes even persisting into the adult life, there is an opening between the right and left atria; the opening is called the:

A patient is unable to wink; which muscle is affected?

A 2-month old infant with a history of intermittent gastrointestinal pain and vomiting, there was lack of emptying of the stomach. Which of the following parts of the stomach was most likely to be affected?

Pain elicited from an infected facial wound is primarily conveyed by what nerve?

An infant was diagnosed with hydrocephalus. There was a blockage in the ventricular system of the brain between the third and fourth ventricles. The blockage must have involved:

The pharyngeal tonsils (adenoids) may become inflamed and in serious cases need to be removed. Where would the physician search for them?

On assessment of a patient in the out-patient department, Trendelenburg’s test is positive. This indicates a possible palsy of which nerve?

When administering an I.M. injection to an infant, the nurse in charge should use which site?

Which structure passes through the deep inguinal ring?

After a patient hit her upper arm, there is a fracture on the humerus just above the insertion of the teres major muscle. She cannot extend her forearm at the elbow or hand at the wrist. Which nerve must have been injured?

The presence of which feature (also obvious on a radiograph with barium contrast) distinguishes SMALL from large bowel?

The most usual site for feeling the pulsations of the dorsalis pedis artery in the foot is:

In injuries of the knee, the medial meniscus is frequently torn because it is firmly attached to which structure?

If the head of femur is dislocated posteromedially, compression of which nerve is likely to result?

Pain of appendicitis is often first felt around the umbilicus, indicating that the appendix receives its sympathetic from which spinal cord segment?

The spleen normally does not descent below the costal margin. What structure limits the straight vertical downward movement?

A patient with a fracture to the left upper tibia was treated with a plaster cast. A few days later there was progressive numbness over the dorsum of the foot and weakness in dorsiflexion. The compressed nerve was most likely the:

A girl playing softball cuts the palm of her hand. If the only nerve damaged is the recurrent branch of the median nerve, she would lose what movement of the thumb?

Several deficits in muscle function of the right upper limb were noted, including inability to abduct the arm. This was caused by denervation of which muscle?

A 55-year-old woman complained of severe shoulder pain. She could not initiate abduction of her arm, but if her arm was elevated to 45 degrees from the vertical position, she had no trouble fully abducting it. Injury to which muscle was responsible?

After suffering a cut deep to the hypothenar eminence, the patient is unable to hold a sheet of paper between the second and third digits. The nerve most likely injured was the:

A patient is being investigated for sciatica. There are sensory loss over the outer calf and dorsum of foot, weakness in dorsiflexion of toes, normal ankle and knee reflexes, painful straight leg raise, normal femoral nerve stretch test. At which level is the disc protrusion?

Inability to extend the knee and loss of cutaneous sensation over the anterior surface of the thigh would indicate a lesion or compression of the: