Bbc Session 10 Prep Questions

Front 1

What is the primary innervation of the hamstrings?

Back 1

Sciatic nerve
L4 through S3

Front 2

What is the primary innervation of the quadraceps?

Back 2

Femoral Nerve
L2-L4

Front 3

What muscles make up the hamstrings?

Back 3

semimembranous
semitendonous
biceps femoris

Front 4

How is one's ability to move their foot affected by the peroneal nerve injury?

Back 4

Loss of dorsiflexsion

Front 5

Name the 4 major contents:

Superior mediastinum
Middle mediastinum
Posterior mediastinum
Anterior mediastinum

Back 5

Superior mediastinum - thymus, great vessels, esophagus, and trachea

Middle mediastinum - heart

Posterior mediastinum - descending aorta and esophagus

Anterior mediastinum - thymus

Front 6

What 3 major arterial trunks arise from the aorta to feed the abdominal viscera?

Back 6

Celiac trunk
superior mesenteric artery
inferior mesenteric artery

Front 7

What artery supplies the sigmoid colon?

Back 7

inferior mesenteric artery

Front 8

What artery supplies the small intestine?

Back 8

superior mesenteric artery and celiac trunk (proximal duodenum)

Front 9

What artery supplies the transverse colon?

Back 9

superior mesenteric artery

Front 10

What artery supplies the stomach?

Back 10

celiac trunk

Front 11

What are the 3 signs of portal hypertension in terms of the porto-caval shunts involved?

Back 11

1. Gastric shunt --> esophageal varicies

2. Caput medusa --> periumbilicus shunt

3. anorectal veins --> hemorrhoids

Front 12

What is the triad for peritonitis?

Back 12

rebound tenderness
abdominal muscle rigidity
severe pain

Front 13

Name the layers of the spermatic cord going from most superficial to the deepest layer?

Back 13

Superficial fascia
external spermatic fascia
cremastor muscle
internal speratic fascia
loose connective tissue

Front 14

From what artery does the ovarian artery directly originate?

Back 14

aorta

Front 15

Compare Brocha's aphasia and Wernicke's aphasia in terms of fluency and speech comprehension.

Back 15

Brocas - You can understand things but cannot speak

Wernicke - You just babble - aka Word Salad, speak but make no sense, also poor comprehension

Front 16

What artery supplies the lateral cerebral cortex?

Back 16

middle cerebral artery

Front 17

What artery supplies the medial cerebral cortex?

Back 17

Anterior cerebral artery

Front 18

Name the 5 signs/symptoms associated with transient ischemia involving vertebral artery insufficiency.

Back 18

1. vertigo
2. diplopia
3. ataxia
4. facial muscle weakness
5. nausea

Front 19

What cranial nerve functions in:
taste?

Back 19

7 and 9

Front 20

What cranial nerve functions in:
hearing?

Back 20

8

Front 21

What cranial nerve functions in:
mastication?

Back 21

5

Front 22

What cranial nerve functions in:
movement of trapezius muscle?

Back 22

11

Front 23

What cranial nerve functions in:
facial expressions?

Back 23

7

Front 24

What cranial nerve functions in:
sensory transmission form viscera?

Back 24

10

Front 25

What cranial nerve is served by the Edinger-Westphal nucleus?

Back 25

3

Front 26

What cranial nerve is served by the inferior salivary nucleus?

Back 26

9

Front 27

What cranial nerve is served by the dorsal motor nucleus?

Back 27

10

Front 28

What part of the striatum atrophies in Huntington's syndrome?

Back 28

Caudate and putamen

Front 29

What brainstem area is lost in Parkinson's disease?

Back 29

Substantia nigra

Front 30

What part of the basal ganglion is the site of copper accumulation in Wilson's disease?

Back 30

Lentiform nucleus

Front 31

What 2 structures comprise the part of the basal ganglion?

Back 31

putamen and globus pallidus

Front 32

The thalamus receives all sensory input except for this one type of sensory input. What is it?

Back 32

Olfactory

Front 33

What part of the brainstem is destroyed in Wallenberg syndrome and what artery infarcts to bring this about?

Back 33

Lateral medulla

Posterior inferior cerebellar artery

Front 34

If contralateral body pain and temperature sensation is lost what spinal tract has been injured?

Back 34

spinothalamic tract

Front 35

What occurs to the body if the corticospinal tract is damaged?

Back 35

Loss of motor function and spastic paralysis results

Front 36

What lesion is the muscle weakness and loss of sensation in the right arm?

Back 36

CVA accident
left middle cerebral artery

Front 37

What lesion if the muscle weakness and loss of sensation is in the left leg?

Back 37

Think CVA accident
- right side of brain
- Right Ant cerebral artery

Front 38

What lesion do you have in loss of sensation over the buttocks and perineum along with loss of bowel control?

Back 38

Cauda Equina syndrome

Front 39

What dermatomes are for:
anus
umbilicus
great toes

Back 39

anus - S5
umbilicus - T10
great toes - L4

Front 40

What disorder exists if an L5 transverse process articulates or is fused with the sacrum?

Back 40

Sacralization

Front 41

What gene is responsible for producing gp41 and gp120 in HIV?

Back 41

EMV gene

Front 42

What gene is responsible for producing p24?

Back 42

GAG gene

Front 43

What gene is responsible for producing reverse transcriptase in HIV?

Back 43

pol

Front 44

What is p24?

Back 44

HIV core capsid
used as a serum marker
determines the viral load

Front 45

What comma shaped organism is known to cause rice water stool and is transmitted via contaminated water?

Back 45

vibrio chorea