Anatomy

Front 1

You are performing surgery to remove carcinoma of the breast. you want to determine if it has spread to the lymphatic system. If you inject a radioactive tracer into the breast in the vicinity of a tumor, describe where you should place your geiger counter and in what direction it should face, in order to search for the most likely node to be the first to accumulate the tracer

Back 1

place counter in axilla and face medially toward lateral chest wall

Front 2

What percentage of breast lymph goes to the nodal group of which this is a member

Back 2

75%

Front 3

Where does the rest of breast lymph go?

Back 3

internal thoracic (internal mammary)

Front 4

give the anatomical name for one group of level 1 nodes

Back 4

lateral axillary

Front 5

Mary presents with a swelling in the floor of her armpit. it is a nonmalignant fluid flilled cyst. what is the most likely explanation for a cyst being located in the armpit of a woman?

Back 5

Because breast tissue extends into the axilla (axillary tail of spence)

Front 6

what is the relationship between the third intercostal nerve and the ventral ramus of the third thoracic spinal nerve?

Back 6

they are the same thing

Front 7

what spinal nerve is the chief carrier of sensation from
a) the skin immediately inferior to the sternal angle?
b)the skin over the xiphoid process?

Back 7

a)T2
b)T7