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48, A 31-year-old roofer walks in with teno-
synovitis resulting from a deep penetrated
wound in the palm by a big nail. Examina-
indicates that he has an infection in the
ulnar bursa, This infection most likely
ted in necrosis of which of the following
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tendons?
(A) Tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris
(8) Tendon of the flexor pollicis longus
(C) Tendon of the flexor digitorum profun-
dus
(D) Tendon of the flexor carpi radialis.
(E) Tendon of the palmaris longus
 
19, An 18-year-old boy involved in an auto-
mobile accident presents with arm that
cannot abduct. His paralysis is caused by
damage to which of the following nerves?
{A) Suprascapular and axillary
(8) Thoracodorsal and upper subscapular
{C) Axillary and musculocutaneous
(D) Radial and lower subscapular
{E) Suprascapular and dorsal scapular
20. A 17-year-old boy with a stab wound
received multiple injuries on the upper part
of the arm and required surgery. If the bra-
chial artery were ligated at its origin, which
of the following arteries would supply blood
to the profunda brachii artery?
{A) Lateral thoracic
{B) Subscapular
(C) Posterior humeral circumflex
(D) Superior ulnar collateral
(E) Radial recurrent
 
21. A 23-year-old woman who receives a
deep cut to her ring finger by a kitchen knife
is unable to move the metacarpophalangeal
joint. Which of the following pairs of nerves
‘was damaged?
(A) Median and ulnar
(B) Radial and median
{C) Musculocutaneous and ulnar
(D) Ulnar and radial
(€) Radial and axillary
22, A27-year-old baseball player is hit on his
forearm by a high-speed ball during the
‘World Series, and the muscles that form the
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Which of the followi
have lost their funct
(A) Brachioradialis and supinator
(8) Brachialis and supinator
(C) Pronator teres and supinator
(D) Supinator and pronator quadratus
(E) Brachialis and pronator teres,
appear to be torn
 
 
23. 23-year-old man complains of numb-
ness on the medial side of the arm following
astab wound in the axilla. On examination,
he is diagnosed with an injury of his medial
brachial cutaneous nerve. In which of the
following structures are the cell bodies of the
damaged nerve involved in numbness.
located?
(A) Sympathetic chain ganglion
(B) Dorsal root ganglion
(C) Anterior horn of the spinal cord
(0) Lateral horn of the spinal cord
{E) Posterior horn of the spinal cord
 
24, A38-year-old homebuilder was involved
in an accident and is unable to supinate his
forearm. Which of the following nerves are
most likely damaged?
(A) Suprascapular and axillary
(8) Musculocutaneous and median
{C) Axillary and radial
{0) Radial and musculocutaneous
(E) Median and ulnar
25, A 31-year-old patient complains of sen-
sory loss over the anterior and posterior sur-
faces of the medial third of the hand and the
medial one and one-half fingers. He is diag-
nosed by a physician as having “funny bone”
symptoms. Which of the following nerves is
injured?
(A) Axillary
(B) Radial
(C) Median
(D) Ulnar
{E) Musculocutaneous
26. A patient with a deep stab wound in the
middle of the forearm has impaired move-
ment of the thumb, Examination indicates a
lesion of the anterior interosseous nerve.
Which of the following muscles is paralyzed?
(A) Flexor pollicis longus and brevis
(B) Flexor pollicis longus and opponens
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ferphalangeal (DIP) joint
ole index finget. His physician determines
that he has nerve damage from a suprs
condylar fracture. Which of the following
cnaitions is also a symptom of this nerve
damage?
(a) tnability to flex the DIP joint of the ring
finger
(8) Atrophy ofthe hypothenar eminence
(C) Loss of sensation over the distal part of
the second digit
{D) Paralysis ofall the thumb muscles
(€) Loss of supination
riot flex the distal int
 
 
28, A27-year-old man with cubital tunnel
syndrome complains of numbness and tin-
ling in the ring and litte finger and back
and sides of his hand because of damage to
anerve in the tunnel at the elbow: Which of
the following muscles is most likely to be
paralyzed?
(A) Flexor digitorum superficialis
{8} Opponens pollicis
(c) Two medial lumbricals
(0) Pronator teres
{E) Supinator
23, A secretary comes in to your office com-
plaining of pain in her wrists from typing all
day. You determine that she likely has carpal
tunnel syndrome. Which of the following
conditions would help you determine the
diagnosis?
{A) Inability to adduct the litte finger
(8) Inability to flex the DIP joint of the ring
finger
(C) Flattened thenar eminence
{D) Loss of skin sensation of the medial one
and one-half fingers
{E) Atrophied adductor pollicis muscle
 
 
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30. Aman is unable to hold typing paper
between his index and middle fingers. Which
of the following nerves was likely injured?
(A) Radial nerve
(8) Median nerve
(C) Ulnar nerve
{D) Musculocutaneon
(€) Axillary nerve
 
31. The victim of an automobit
has a destructive injury of the proxi
of carpal bones. Which of the following
ones is most likely damaged?
(A) Capitate
(8) Hamate
{¢) Trapezium
(0) Triquetrum
(E) Trapezoid
   
 
 
32. A patient has a torn rotator cuff of the
Shoulder joint as the result of an aucomobile
accident, Which of the following muscle ten-
dons i intact and has normal function?
(A) Supraspinatus
{B) Subscapularis
(¢) Teres major
(0) Teres minor
(E) Infraspinatus
 
33. A patient complains of having pain with
repeated movements of his thumb (claudi-
cation). His physician performs the Allen
‘test and finds an insufficiency of the radial
artery. Which of the following conditions
would be a result of the radial artery steno-
sis?
{A) A marked decrease in the blood flow in
the superficial palmar arterial arch
(B) Decreased pulsation in the artery pass-
ing superficial to the flexor retinaculum,
(C) Ischemia of the entire extensor muscles
of the forearm
{D) A marked decrease in the blood flow in
the princeps pollicis artery
(E) A low blood pressure in the anterior
interosseous artery
34. A patient bleeding from the shoulder
secondary to a knife wound is in fair condi-
tion because there is vascular anastomosis
around the shoulder. Which of the following,
arteries is most likely a direct branch of the
subclavian artery that is involved in the
anastomosis?
{A) Dorsal scapular artery
(8) Thoracoacromial artery
(C) Circumfex scapular artery
{D) Transverse cervical artery
(E) Suprascapular arteryination of a
 
35. During a breast exan
56-year-old woman, the physician found a
palpable mass in her breast. Which of the
following characteristics of breast cancer
and its diagnosis is correct?
(A) Elevated nipple
(8) Polymastia
{C) Shortening of the clavipectoral fascia
(0) Dimpling of the overlying skin
{E) Enlargement of the breast
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36. A patient with a stab wound receives «
laceration of the musculocutaneous nerve.
Which of the following conditions is most
likely to have occurred?
(A) Lack of sweating on the lateral side of
the forearm
(8) Inability to extend the forearm
{¢) Paralysis of brachioradialis muscle
{0) Loss of tactile sensation on the arm
{E) Constriction of blood vessels on the
hand
 
37. A20-year-old man fell from the parallel
bar during the Olympic trial. A neurologic
‘examination reveals that he has a lesion of
the lateral cord of the brachial plexus, Which
of the following muscles is most likely weak-
ened by this injury?
{a) Subscapularis
(8) Teres major
{C) Latissimus dorsi
{0) Teres minor
(E) Pectoralis major
 
38, A 24-year-old carpenter suffers a crush
injury of his entire little finger. Which of the
following muscles is most likely to be
spared?
 
(B) Extensor digit
{C) Palmar interossei
{D) Dorsal interossei
(E) Lumbricals
 
 
39. A7-year-old boy falls from a tree house
and is brought to the emergency department
ofa local hospital. On examination, he has
weakness in rotating his arm laterally
because of an injury of a nerve. Which of the
following conditions is most likely to cause a
loss of this nerve function?
{A) Injury to the lateral cord of the brachial
plexus
 
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(8) Fracture of the anatomic neck of the
humerus
(C) Knife wound on the teres major muscle
(D) Inferior dislocation of the head of the
humerus.
{E) A tumor in the triangular space in the
shoulder region
 
40. A 49-year-old woman is diagnosed as
having a large lump in her right breast
Lymph from the cancerous breast drains
primarily into which of the following,
nodes?
(A) Apical nodes
{8) Anterior (pectoral) nodes
{C) Parasternal (internal thoracic) nodes.
{D) Supraclavicular nodes
{E) Nodes of the anterior abdominal wall
 
   
41. A.17-year-old boy fell from his motorcy-
cle and complains of numbness of the lat-
eral part of the arm, Examination reveals
that the axillary nerve is severed. Which of
the following types of axons is most likely
spared?
{A) Postganglionic sympathetic axons
{B) Somatic aflerent axons
(C) Preganglionic sympathetic axons
(0) General somatic efferent axons
{E) General visceral afferent axons
42. A construction worker suffers a destruc-
tive injury of the structures related to the
anatomic snuffbox. Which of the following,
structures would most likely be damaged?
(A) Triquetral bone
(8) Trapezoid bone
{c) Extensor indicis tendon
{0) Abductor pollicis brevis tendon
(E) Radial artery
43, A rock climber falls on his shoulder,
resulting in a chipping off of the lesser
tubercle of the humerus. Which of the fol-
lowing structures would most likely have
structural and functional damage?
(A) Supraspinatus muscle
(8) Mfraspinatus muscle
(¢) Subscapularis muscle
(0) Teres minor muscle
{E) Coracohumeral ligament
44. A 22-year-old female Macarena dancer
fell from the stage and complains of elbow