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15 Cards in this Set
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A 22 year old man presented to his family physician with a laceration of the fibrous sheets or bands that cover his body under the skin and invest the muscles. Which of the following structures would most likely be injured?
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Fascia
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Based on the examination at her doctor's office, a patient is told that her parasympathetic nerves are damaged. Which of the following muscles would most likely be affected?
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Muscles in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract
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A 46 year old male patient with high blood pressure was examined in the emergency department, and his physician found a leakage of blood from the blood vessel that normally carries rich oxygenated blood. Which of the following vessels would most likely be damaged?
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Pulmonary veins
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A 16 year old patient received a stab wound, and axons of the general somatic efferent (GSE) neurons to the shoulder muscles were severed. The damaged axons:
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Would carry impulses away from the cell bodies
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A 16 year old patient received a laceration of the posterior intercostal nerves by a penetrated knife blade. A pathologist obtained needle biopsy tissues and observed numerous degenerated cell bodies of the unipolar or pseudounipolar neurons. Which of the following structures would most likely provide the abnormal cell morphology?
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Dorsal root ganglion
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A 19 year old college student came to his doctor's office for a neurologic examination. his physician told him that normally synapses are absent in or on which of the following structures?
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Dorsal root ganglia
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A 27 year old woman involved in a car accident is brought into the emergency department. Her magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reveals that she has a laceration of the spinal cord at the L4 spinal cord level. Which of the following structures would you expect to be intact?
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Lateral horn
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A 33 year old male patient complains of feeling sever pain when he tries to turn his neck. A physician realizes that the problem is in his pivot (trochoid) join. Which of the following joints would most likely be examined?
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Atlantoaxial joint
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A patient presents with a loss of sensation to the skin over the shoulder. Injury to which of the following nerve cells would most likely affect the conduction of sensory information to the central nervous system (CNS)?
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Unipolar or pseudounipolar neurons
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A 7 year old girl comes to the emergency department with sever diarrhea. Tests show that the diarrhea is due to decreased capacity of normal absorption in one of her organs. Which of the following organs is involved?
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Large intestine
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A 16 year old girl with urinary diseases comes to a local hospital. her urologist's examination and laboratory test results reveal that she has difficulty in removing wastes from the blood and in producing urine. Which of the following organs may have abnormal functions?
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Kidney
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A 53 year old man with a known history of emphysema is examined in the emergency department. Laboratory findings along with examination indicate that the patient is unable to exchange oxygen in the air and carbon dioxide in the blood. This exchange occurs in which portion of the respiratory system?
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Alveolar (air) sac
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A 26 year old woman has an amenorrhea, followed by uterine bleeding, pelvic pain, and pelvic mass. her obstetrician performed a thorough examination, and the patient was diagnosed as having an ectopic pregnancy. Which of the following organs is most likely to provide a normal site of fertilization?
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Ampulla of the uterine tube
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A 29 year old woman with abdominal pain was admitted to a local hospital, and examination shows that a retroperitoneal infection is affecting a purely endocrine gland. Which of the following structures is infected?
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Suprarenal gland
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A 36 year old woman received a first-degree burn on her neck, arm, and forearm from a house fire. Which of the following skin structures or function is most likely damaged or imparired?
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Exocrine gland secretion
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