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What is an AV shunt?
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areas in which there are no capillaries between the arterioles and venules
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What are the structures inside the carpal tunnel?
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median nerve
tendons: flexor pollicis longus flexor digitorum profundus flexor digitorum superficialis |
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What 3 tendons make up the boundaries of the anatomical snuff box?
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extensor pollicis longus
extensor pollicis brevis abductor pollicis longus |
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What arteries provide collateral circulation to the scapula?
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suprascapular a. is a branch of the thyrocervical trunk anastomoses with
deep branch of the transverse cervical a. (dorsal scapular a.) circumflex scapular a. |
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Which artery does the obturator a. come from?
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internal iliac a.
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What is Battle's sign in reference to a bleeding ear?
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common finding in basilar skull fractures
discoloration of the skin along the course of the posterior auricular a. (in the area of the mastoid) |
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Loss of taste on the anterior 2/3 of the tongue indicates what nerve involvement?
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chorda tympani n.
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Infections of the face above the mouth can be carried into the cavernous sinus via what vv.? (3)
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facial
angular superior opthalmic |
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Where is the facial nerve damage is forehead movement is till intact?
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damage is in the cerebral cortex or the descending corticobulbar fibers rather than in the facial nucleus or the peripheral itself
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