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The esophagus is posterior to what?
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Lt. Atrium
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The axillary lymph nodes are?
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Superficial
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The right lower lobe of the lung is located at what ribs?
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Ribs 6-8 and to Rib 10 posteriorly
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Cardiac hypertrophy would occlude what organ?
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Esophagus
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Tip of a pacemaker would go where?
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Right ventricle
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Hemothorax from broken ribs would result from blood from where?
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Intercostals bleed when a rib breaks
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What four areas is the esophagus constricted?
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The cricopharyngeal area, aortic arch, left bronchus, and diaphragm
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The sympathetic nervous system does what to bronchioles?
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Dilation
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What part of the electrical circuit of the heart does a pacemaker replace?
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SA node
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Aneurism of the aortic arch will impinge what?
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Phrenic nerve
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Flail chest is marked by what?
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Paradoxical breathing from a rib detached from the chest wall.
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Why is cardiac tamponade dangerous?
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Fluid buildup in pericardial sac slows heart down and reduces blood pressure.
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Where would you place a needle for thoracocentiesis?
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Superior boarder of rib.
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How does the vagus nerve affect the lungs?
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Constricts bronchioles
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What is the major function of the "bucket handle" motion of the ribs?
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To increase the transverse diameter of the chest cavity.
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What part of the lung is found in the 6th intercostal space?
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Inferior lung lobe
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During pregancy what vessel in the abdominal cavity can be compressed?
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IVC
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Stabbing through the sternum would penetrate what?
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The right ventricle of the heart
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What is a chylothorax? How can this happen?
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Where the thoracic duct leaks into the pleural space. From a left brachiocephalic vein injury.
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What would result from the trachea deviating left?
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Left brachiocephalic vein compression.
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Stabbing to the right of the manubrium would damage what?
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SVC
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Embolus to the brain would originate from where?
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Lt. Atrium or Lt. Ventricle. Cannot pass a capillary bed on its way there!
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Parietal pleura is innervated by
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Somatic afferent fibers
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The SA and AV nodes get their blood supply from what coronary artery?
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RCA
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Where does pain in the heart come from?
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Sympathetic trunks = visceral sensory afferents
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What occurs at the transthoracic plane?
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T4-T5
Bifurcation of trachea Aortic arch Azygous drains into SVC Rib 2 articulates w/ sternum S/Inf mediastinal division Upper limit of pulmonary trunk |
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Lower 1/3 of esophagus drains in to what lymph nodes?
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Posteromediastinal nodes
Lt. gastric nodes |
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Right primary bronchus drains into?
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Inferior tracheobronchial nodes
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Placement of a central line can damage what vessel?
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Subclavian Artery
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Tumor of the thymus gland would compress what?
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Left brachiocephalic vein
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Dilation of the middle esophagus would compress what?
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Thoracic duct
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Paralysis of the diaphragm is marked by what?
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Paradoxical movement where the abdominal viscera are pushed to the paralyzed side.
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Danger in a radical masectomy?
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Injuring the long thoracic nerve or the thoracodorsal nerve.
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Thoracoentesis takes place where?
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Between the 9th and 10th rib (costodiaphragmatic space)
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Layers that a needle penetrates with thoracocentesis?
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Skin, superficial fascia, deep fascia, external intercostal, internal intercostal, innermost intercostal, endothoracic fascia, parietal pleura
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Where would you do an intercostal nerve block?
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At any level, numbing both the nerve in the costal groove in the superior space, and the collateral nerves inferiorly
(between internal and innermost intercostals) |
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What occurs when air enters the pleural cavity?
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pneumothorax
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What is the term for a collapsed lung?
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Atelectasis
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What is the accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity called?
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Hydrothorax (pleural effusion)
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What is the accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity called?
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Hemothorax
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Lateral breast lymphatic drainage?
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Nipple, areola, lobules, subareolar plexus, pectoral, lateral, subscapular, central, apical, subclavian lymphatic trunks
75% drains this way |
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Medial breast lymphatic drainage?
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parasternal nodes to bronchomediastinal nodes to rt. or left drainage.
Also can travel to contralateral breast. |
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Direction of external intercostal muscle fibers?
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Antero-inferiorly. Aid in inspiration.
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Innervation of intercostals, subcostales, and transversus thoracis?
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T1-T11
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Transversus thoracis attachments?
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Sternum, xiphoid, costal cartilage 4-7
Ribs 2-6 |
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What passes anterior to the hilus of each lung?
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Phrenic nerves
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What passes posterior to the hilus of each lung?
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Vagus nerves
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Where do you auscultate the middle lobe of the right lung?
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5th intercostal space
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What is posterior to the lower half of the manubrium?
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Aortic arch
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What are inferior to the sternal angle?
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Left ventricle and pulmonary trunk
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Where would a large object become lodged when aspirated?
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Right main bronchus
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Where would you find very small things that have been inhaled?
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Inferior lobe of right lung
Posterior basal segment |
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Where would a left bronchogenic carcinoma manifest?
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Could be anywhere, thorax, abdomen, pelvis because of drainage into thoracic duct.
Sentinel nodes are supraclavicular nodes! |
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What is inferior to the manubrium?
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Right atrium
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Where would an embolus to the right pulmonary artery originate?
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Somewhere in the legs, femoral origin.
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Where do the first two posterior intercostal arteries branch from?
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The superior intercostal artery a branch of the costocervical trunk off of the subclavian
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What does the internal thoracic branch into at the costal margin?
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Musculophrenic and superior epigastric arteries
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Where do the left and middle thoracic wall drain?
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brachiocephalic veins
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What level does the azygous vein drain into the SVC?
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T4
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When someone has a sensory and motor deficit, what must be damaged?
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Some kind of SPINAL NERVE
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Structures lateral to the sternum on the right side from superior to inferior?
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Right brachiocephalic vein
SVC (2nd intercostal) Right atrium (3-4 intercostal) IVC |
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What is the most common heart blockage?
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Left diagonal branch of the left anterior interventricular artery off the LCA
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A growth in the upper lobe of the right lung would block what?
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Venous and lymphatic drainage resulting in a swollen face, jaw, and arm
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What parts of the heart does the circumflex branch of the LCA supply?
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Left atrium and ventricle
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Innervation of the heart comes from where?
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T1-T4
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Where would the needle for a pericardiocentiesis procedure be placed?
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At the costal margin and xiphoid process possibly penetrating the rt. ventricle
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Level of aortic hiatus?
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T12
Aorta and thoracic duct, sometimes azygous and hemiazygous vein join |
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Structures that enter at T8 through the diaphragm?
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IVC, right phrenic nerve, and right pericardiacophrenic artery
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From where do the pericardiacophrenic arteries branch?
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Internal thoracic artery near manubrium
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What structure of the diaphragm makes the esophageal hiatus?
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Right Crus
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What levels are the hilum of the lung?
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T5-T7
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What are the pulmonary arteries anterior to? Posterior to?
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Trachea and decending aorta.
SVC |
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If the vagus nerve is compressed going through the esophageal hiatus what will occur?
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Loss of parasympathetic functions of foregut.
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What heart structure makes up the base of the heart?
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Left atrium
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What is the procedure where an incision is made to an intercostal space to access lungs and other structures?
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Thoracotomy
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Where is a chest tube placed?
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Lateral to the nipple, below axilla in the "safe triangle"
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What disorder of the heart is marked by relief when sitting forward?
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Pericarditis
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What disease is marked by hypertrophy of the left atrium and ventricle, increased pulmonary venous pressure, pulmonary edema?
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Mitral valve disease
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What is a key sign of aortic valve disease?
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Regurgitation and heart failure
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What is anterior to the esophagus?
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Left atrium
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Pain from the lungs would be referred to where?
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Body wall, by intercostal nerves.
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Where does the right bronchial artery branch from?
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The third intercostal.
The left are off of the aorta directly (x2) |
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Flow of lymph from lungs?
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Bronchopulmonary, tracheobronchal, bronchomediastinal, right and left to ducts
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Auscultation at the right second intercostal would allow you to listen to?
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Aortic valve
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An enlarged left atrium would put pressure where?
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Indention of the esophagus
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If the area lateral to the sternum on the left side was stabbed, blood was present what can you assume was punctured?
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Right ventricle (4th intercostal space)
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Auscultation of the 5th intercostal space at the apex of the heart would allow you to listen to?
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Mitral valve
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Angina, heavyness in chest, sweating, arm pain, nausea, sharp pains in jaw would be symptoms of what?
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Coronary artery disease
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Name three congenital heart defects
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Atrial septal defect
Ventriculoseptal defect Patent ductus arteriosus |
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What is the sinus that allows ligation of two large vessels during surgery on the heart?
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Transverse pericardial sinus
Aortic arch and pulmonary trunk |
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What is the reflection of the visceral pericardium covering? Parietal?
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Veins and arteries
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Tumor in lung extending into mediastinum can compress what nerve?
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Phrenic
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What is the risk with a central line?
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Getting air in lungs
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Where is a central line/dialysis line placed?
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Axillary to subclavian or internal jugular to SVC to right atrium
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How would one gain access to the IVC with a central line?
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Line dropped down SVC through right atrium into IVC
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What is coarctation of the aorta?
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When there is a constriction of the aorta distal to the left subclavian artery. Over time collaterals will be established.
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Lesion to vagus or laryngeal nerves is manifested by?
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Vocal cord paralysis
Hoarseness of voice Enlarged lymph nodes |
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A dissecting anuerysm of the aorta is a sign of this disease
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Marfan syndrome - defective fibrillin gene
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What is the position of the base of the heart and diaphragm while laying down? Standing up?
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Heart: T5-T8
Diaphragm: T9 Heart: T6-T9 Diaphragm: T9-T10 |
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Atherosclerosis is the thickening of what arterial layer?
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Tunica intima, foam cells develop.
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Structures in superior mediastinum?
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SVC, BCV, Arch of aorta, thoracic duct, trachea, esophagus, thymus, left recurrent laryngeal, vagus and phrenic nerves, cardiac plexus
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Structures in posterior mediastinum?
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Esophagus and plexus, thoracic aorta, azygous and hemiazygous, thoracic duct, vagus nerve, sympathetic trunks, splanchnic nerves, tracheobronchial lymph nodes
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An increase in laminin and collagen in the basal lamina of capillaries is indicative of what?
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Diabetes mellitus
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What is anosmia?
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Loss of sense of smell during head trauma. Olfactory nerve permanently severed.
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What is the fibrous pericardium attached to?
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Central tendon, sternopericardial ligament, tunica adventitica of vessels.
Innervated by phrenic nerve |
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Structures unique to right atrium?
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Sinus venarum, crista terminalis, sulcus terminalis, coronary sinus opening, SVC and IVC openings
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How much thicker is the left ventricle than the right?
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2-3 times as thick
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Where is the deep cardiac plexus?
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Anterior surface of trachea.
The superficial is at the bifurcation of aortic arch |
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Lymphatic drainage of the heart?
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Coronary arteries to either brachiocephalic nodes or tracheobronchial nodes
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Where do the right and left brachiocephalic veins unite?
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Costal cartilage 1
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What does the left brachiocephalic vein cross?
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Brachiocephalic artery and aorta, it is 2 times as long as the right
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What is anterior to the trachea and posterior to the left brachiocephalic vein?
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The brachiocephalic trunk, right recurrent laryngeal goes under it
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What is posterior to the left sternoclavicular joint?
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Left common carotid is bare here.
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What is the most posterior of the great vessels and ascends lateral to trachea?
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Left subclavian artery
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The left recurrent laryngeal wraps _______ to the ligamentum arteriosum?
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Lateral
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The vagus nerves are between what two vessels?
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Common carotids and internal jugulars
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What is the superior esophagus innervated by?
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recurrent laryingeals and middle cervical ganglion
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What is the inferior esophagus innervated by?
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Esophageal plexus
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Esophageal branches come from?
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inferior thyroid, 3rd intercostal, superior and inferior left bronchial a, right bronchial a, left gastric, short gastrics
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Chronic coughing, thick basement membrane of tracheal epithelium, increased goblet cells and increased mucous are signs of what?
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Smoking
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Three reasons why cilia would be immotile?
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Kartegeners, alcohol abuse, smoking
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How does someone have an asthma attack?
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Mast cells release histamine, smooth muscles of bronchioles are constricted and shut down.
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What disease is marked by a defective chloride channel and really salty sweat?
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Cystic fibrosis
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If you have no surfactant what will happen?
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You will have aveolar collapse and respiratory disress syndrome
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What is goodpasture syndrome?
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Antibodies made to type 4 collagen, BL in lungs and kidneys affected. Common in males 29 years of age.
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What is occuring when someone has permanent dilation of air spaces, no aveolar walls, thick blood vessels?
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Emphysema (COPD)
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What is inflammation of the lung?
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Pneumonia
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What is occuring when lung tissue is filled with red blood cells?
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Congestive heart failure. Macrophages are filled with hemosiderin (iron).
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What can occur with a cervical rib?
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arterial compression and embolism
T1 nerve compression Subclavian vein compression |
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From where does the azygous vein arise?
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L1-L2
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What intercostals does the azygous vein drain?
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2-4 from superior
5-11 posterior |
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From where does the hemiazygous vein arise and where does it cross?
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T12
T9 |
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What intercostals does the hemiazygous vein drain?
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8 or 9 - 12 posterior
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Where does the accessory azygous vein cross and what intercostals does it drain?
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T8
4-8 left intercostals, also drains the left bronchial and superior intercostal (2-4) |
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From where does the thoracic duct arise?
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Cisterna chyli at L2
Crosses at T5 Inbetween azygous and aorta |
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Dilated veins around neck are a sign of what?
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Lung cancer
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A bullet penetrates the 4th intercostal space above nipple, what happens?
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Collapse of lung
Tension pneumothorax Mediastinum shift Rib fracture Pleural effusion Hemothorax |
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Where is the best place for a chest tube?
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5th intercostal at midaxillary line
2nd intercostal at midclavicular line |
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Chest pain radiating into left arm and neck is a sign of what?
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Myocardial infarction anteriorly
Decreased BP Pulmonary vein pressure increases |
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What vessels do NOT enlarge in a coactation of the aorta?
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Costocervical trunks
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What is an aortic dissection?
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Tear in the intima into the media of the vessel.
Marked by interscapular pain Decreased kidney function Acidosis Ischema to legs |
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Chest infection
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Opaque xray
Weight loss Sputum with blood Sweating Fast breathing Tuberculosis |
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Discomfort swallowing, weight loss, bleeding in GI tract are signs of?
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Esophageal cancer
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Portacath insertion is where?
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Right anterior chest wall to internal jugular vein
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Healthy man collapses when running one day, autopsy shows an increased amount of lymphocytes and neutrophils in the tissue.
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Myocardial infarction caused by a 90% occluded artery in histology slide. No lumen is present in artery.
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Greater splanchnic nerves?
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T5-T9
Travel medially through crus of diaphragm to celiac ganglia |
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Lesser splanchnic nerves?
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T10-T11
Travel medially through crus of diaphragm to aorticorenal ganglia |
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Least splanchnic nerve?
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T12
Travel laterally through crus of diaphragm to the renal plexus |
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How does a surgeon find the appendix?
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Traces the tinea coli to their intersection
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What is the ileopubic tract?
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A reflective band of transversus abdominis
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What is end stage liver disease marked by?
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Caput medusae
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The innervation of the foregut?
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T5-T9
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What does the vagus nerve innervate in the abdominal cavity?
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Foregut and midgut
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What is the hindgut innervated by?
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Pelvic splanchnics
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What is a portal-caval shunt?
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An anastamoses made between a vein in the portal area to a vein in the caval area. Splenic and renal connection is a common one
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What contributes to the posterior rectus sheath?
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1/2 of internal oblique aponeurosis + transversus abdominus aponeurosis
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What does not contribute to the rectus sheath?
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Transversalis fascia
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What dermatome is at the xiphoid process?
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T7
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What dermatome is at the rectus abodominis?
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T12
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What nerves would a surgeon have to be cautious of when doing a posterolateral kidney resection?
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Subcostal
Iliohypogastric Ilioinguinal |
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How would the pancreas receive blood if the gastroduodenal artery is ligated?
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Splenic artery
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What organs are in the epigastric region?
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Foregut
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What are the components of the superficial inguinal ring?
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Lateral crus
medial crus intercrural fibers lacunar ligament Inguinal ligament all formed by the external abdominal oblique |
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What vessels are medial to the 2nd part of the duodenum?
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SMA
Abdominal aorta |
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What is lateral to the 2nd part of the duodenum?
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Ascending colon
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What is superior to the 2nd part of the duodenum?
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Gallbladder
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What is posterior to the 2nd part of the duodenum?
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Right renal hilus
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A gunshot to the upper abdomen hits pancreas and there is blood, what is the vessel most likely damaged?
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SMA
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What is anterior to the 3rd part of the duodenum?
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SMA
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What is the 3rd part of the duodenum posterior to?
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Body of pancreas and transverse colon
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What layer forms the innermost layer of spermatic cord?
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Transversalis fascia
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Where is the most common place for gallstones to lodge?
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Ampulla of vater
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If a person has tingling around the umbilicus what dermatome is responsible?
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T10 intercostal
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Where is McBurney's point?
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1/3 of the way along the ASIS and umbilicus
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What veins are distended with caput medusae?
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Paraumbilical veins
Anastamose with superficial epigastrics that come off of the femoral just after the inguinal ligament |
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What is urinary extravation?
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When urine flows into the potential space between scarpa's fascia and continuing layers
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What is referred pain?
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When somatics and viscerals synapse on the same 2nd order neuron (pain neuron) and the body cannot distinguish between the two
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What artery is posterior to the first part of the duodenum?
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Gastroduodenal
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What happens if the neck of the pancreas gets a tumor?
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The hepatic portal vein become occluded because it is directly posterior to it
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How would cancer of the pancreas metastasize to the liver?
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Through the portal system
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If the SMA had an aneurysm what would one expect?
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Compression of left renal vein posterior to it.
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What are the boundaries of the omental foramen?
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Roof - hepatoduodenal ligament
Floor - IVC |
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What vessel is posterior to the 3rd part of the duodenum?
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Left renal vein
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A mass is found above the midpoint of the inguinal ligament in a young boy, what kind of hernia can be suspected?
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Indirect
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If the SMA is blocked what part of the gut can become ischemic because of no collateral circulation?
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Ileum or jejunum
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Mass found above and lateral to the pubic tubercle, what kind of hernia can be suspected?
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Direct
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A direct hernia compresses a nerve on external surface of spermatic cord that passes through the superficial ring, what nerve and what issue can be suspected?
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Ilioinguinal (cutaneous)
Loss of sensation from anterior scrotum |
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Repair of a severely damaged spleen, what organ will you most likely encounter?
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Tail of pancreas lying over hilum.
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A carcinoma of the anal canal below the pectinate line will migrate into what lymph nodes?
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Superficial inguinal
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What spinal nerves might be injured during a cholecysectomy?
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T7 and T8
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What is a merkel diverticulum?
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A remaining vitelline duct
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What happens in achalasia, and is it congenital or acquired?
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No relaxation of lower esophageal sphincter and it is acquired
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Where is a spigelin hernia?
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On the linea semiluminaris between the muscles of the abdomen.
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Where would stomach cancer metastasize to?
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Celiac nodes
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What can you expect to see in an xray of a stomach?
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Air bubbles
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Where would blood collect in a rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm?
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Retrovesical space
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In order to enlarge the deep inguinal ring in surgery, where should an incision be made?
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Transversalis fascia
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Pain from cancer of the pancreas is referred to?
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T6-T9
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Woman has heartburn and epigastric pain, a portion of her stomach is in diaphragm. What gets compressed, what happens as a result of this compression?
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Vagus nerve
Decreased acid production |
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Which of the parts of the pancreas is a tumor likely to be located?
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Head blocking the common bile duct
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma |
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Repair of a hernial sac from an inguinal hernia cuts a thin white tube with little blood, what is it?
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Vas deferens
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What are the boundaries for urine with a urethral rupture?
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Facia lata keeps it from going down the legs, colle's fascia keeps it from entering ischoanal fossa.
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If a surgeon made an incision in the right lower quadrant for an appendectomy, what would be the layers he would cut through?
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Skin, camper's fascia, scarpa's fascia, deep investing fascia, aponeurosis of ext oblique, internal oblique, transversus abdominis, transversalis fascia, extraperitoneal fat and fascia, parietal peritoneum
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An ulcer at the angular inciser of stomach forms a tumor at the angular notch, where is it likely to spread?
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Lesser curvature
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Traumatic rupture of diaphragm on left side would result in what?
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Seeing abdominal viscera in thoracic cavity on an xray
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What kind of issue begins in the umbilical region and spreds to the right iliac fossa?
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Appendicitis
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Distended abdomen, acute pain in lower left quadrant is a sign of?
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Twisting of sigmoid colon
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An ulcer in the first part of the duodenum would affect what structure?
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Gastroduodenal artery, immediately posterior to it
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Occluded IMA, if no collateral what risks ischemia?
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Sigmoid colon
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Enlarged veins common in portal hypertension?
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Superior rectal
Esophageal Azygous Superficial epigastric Periumbilical Middle and Inferior rectal veins |
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Gallbladder pain tract?
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Celiac plexus to greater splanchnic
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Umbilical pain tract?
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T9-T11 to lesser splanchnic
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Ischemic decending colon from a thrombembolism, where did it originate?
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IMA
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Hemorrhoids enlarge from what two sources?
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IMA, Internal iliac, internal pudendal
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The 3rd part of the duodenum would become obstructed by what artery enlarging?
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SMA
"Nutcracker effect" |
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Pain in epigastric region?
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Forgut issue, sometimes a duodenal ulcer
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Structure immediately posterior to epiploic foramen that can get damaged?
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IVC
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Numb anterior scrotum and adjacent thigh is from what nerve damage?
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Ilioinguinal
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tingling in lateral thigh from damage to what nerve during a hernia repair?
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Lateral femoral cutaneous
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What is the duct of Lushka?
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Same as duct of santorini, can be a leaking issue if the main pancreatic duct is ligated following a gallbladder removal.
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Where is a common site to find gallstones?
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Ileocecal region
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What does the ligament of Trietz suspend and where does it come from?
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The 4th part of the duodenum.
Comes from the Rt. Crus |
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Where is pain from the Ureter felt?
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T11-L2
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What is posterior to the right common iliac artery?
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The right common iliac vein
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Where does fluid collect in the peritoneal cavity?
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Rectouterine pouch
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What two ribs overlie the kidneys?
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11 and 12
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A hernation has only transversalis facia and parietal peritoneum membrane, is it indirect or direct?
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Direct
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Where does acites come from?
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Retroperitoneal veins
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Where is the gallbladder located on the body wall?
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9th costal cartilage and semiluminaris line
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What is the cremasteric muscle made from and innervated by?
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Internal abdominal oblique muscle and genital branch of genitofemoral nerve
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Where does testicular/ovarian cancer metastasize?
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To lumbar nodes/ aortic nodes
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Where does scrotal cancer metastasize?
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Superficial inguinal lymph nodes
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What is hydrocele?
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Fluid accumulation between visceral and parietal layers of tunica vaginalis
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What is varicocele?
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Dilated veins of pampiniform plexus.
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What type of hernia is medial to the epigastric vessels?
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Direct
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What type of hernia is the result of a non-obliterated processus vaginalis?
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Indirect
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How do you palpate for an indirect hernia?
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Find femoral artery, move medial and superior.
These are medial to femoral and lateral to epigastric vessels |
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What type of hernia presents below the inguinal ligament?
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Femoral hernia
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What is the median umbilical ligament a remnant of?
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The urachus which is a remnant of the allantois stalk in the embryo.
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Other types of hernias?
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Umbilical, incisional, spigelian
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14 year old boy presents with a bulge laterally and no bulge medially, what type of hernia is this?
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Indirect
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During surgery of an inguinal hernia what two nerves are at risk?
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Femoral branch of genitofemoral and ilioinguinal nerve
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Ulceration of posterior wall of the stomach can lead to what?
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Fluid filling the omental bursa.
Rupture of the splenic artery. |
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Where would one palpate the liver?
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Right side below the costal margin
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What results from an incompetant cardiac sphincter that allows acid in the esophagus?
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GERD
Gastroesophageal reflux disorder |
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What is special about the greater omentum?
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It is the "policeman" of the stomach and migrates to areas of inflammation
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What is Barrett esophagus?
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Where the epithelium in the esophagus changes from stratified squamous to simple columnar.
Secondary to GERD, smoking, drinking |
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Dilation of esophageal veins from portal hypertension are called?
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Esophageal varices
If they rupture you DIE FAST from MASSIVE internal bleeding Anastamoses between left gastric and azygous vein |
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What is jaundice the result of?
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Bilirubin re-entering blood if the liver cannot reabsorb it.
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What is the result of pancreatic carcinoma?
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Obstructive jaundice
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What predisposes someone to carcinoma of stomach?
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Chronic gastritis, pernicious anemia, polyps
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Splenic rupture can result from?
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Fracturing ribs 9-11
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When will the spleen be enlarged?
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Liver failure, sickle cell, infections, leukemia, lymphoma
Extends past the midaxillary line! |
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Who is more likely to contract gallstones?
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Females 40 years and up
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What is Hartmann's pouch?
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out-pouching of the wall of the gallbladder at the junction of the neck of the gallbladder and the cystic duct.
Very common place to get an obstruction |
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Symptoms of gallstones?
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Spasms after eating, jaundice, referred pain to right shoulder from gallbladder irritating diaphragm, severe epigastric (right quadrant) pain
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What are cholesterol stones called?
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Cholelithiasis
20% men over 75 years 35% of women over 75 years |
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What are brown pigment gallstones almost always associated with?
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Bacterial cholangitis
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What artery provides the anastamoses between the SMA and IMA?
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Marginal
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Congenital megacolon, without any enteric nervous system. More common in males.
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Hirschsprung's disease
Neural crest cells fail to migrate |
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Sites of portal-caval anastamoses
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Esophageal veins
Paraumbilical veins Veins of anal canals Retroperitoneal veins |
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What is the recto-anal watershed?
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Division of rectal drainage by pectinate line. Endoderm changes to ectoderm.
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Upper and middle rectum drainage
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Upper: Inferior mesenteric nodes
Middle: Internal iliac nodes |
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Referred pain localizes when....
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Organ irritates body wall
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Yellowing of the sclerae of the eyes.
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Scleral Icterus
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What is marked by intermittent, colicky abdominal pain, vomiting, constipation, dehydration, ischemia?
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Bowel obstruction
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Where does diverticular disease usually affect people?
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Decending and sigmoidal colon.
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What is an Ostomy?
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A bag connecting somethign to teh outside wall
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What is annular pancreas?
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When the ventral bud that rotates is split.
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What is Cirrhosis?
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Hepatic fibrosis from liver damage. Increased portal vein pressure
Decreased blood proteins. Decreased clotting factors. Edema, jaundice, splenomegaly Neurological damage |
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What is atrophic gastritis?
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When you lack intrinsic factor and cannot absorb B12 in the gut.
Neurological problems that mimic MS |
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How is the mucosa different in the fundic stomach vs. the pyloric?
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Fundic: Short pits, long glands
Pyloric: long pits, short glands |
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What types of cells are found in the fundic stomach?
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Mucous neck cells, chief cells, parietal cells, enteroendocrine cells, undifferentiated cells
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What do you need B12 for?
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RBC production
Nerve impulses |
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Phases of alcoholic liver disease?
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Fatty liver
Alcoholic hepatitis Cirrhosis |
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Which stage of liver disease is reversible?
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Fatty liver
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What stage of liver disease shows Zone 3 necrosis and an increase in neutrophils?
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Hepatitis
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What type of disorder is marked by zone 3 hypoxia in the liver while zones 1 and 2 look normal?
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Cardiac cirrhosis
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Two types of hiatal hernias?
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Sliding: esophagus pushed through diaphragm
Paraesophageal: stomah or bowel pushed through diaphragm |
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Kidney stones reflect pain where?
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T11-L2 from "loin to groin"
Uric acid crystals and bowel pain. |
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BPH
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Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
Affects Transitional zone (In central zone) where there is a massive enlargement and often a collapsed urethra |
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Prostatic Carcinoma
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Affects Peripheral zone
Radical prostectomy |
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Prostatic adrenocarcinoma
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Metastasizes into vertebral column via Batson's plexus = no valves
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Hystersalpingogram
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Injections of uterus and tubes with a radiopaque dye.
Dye should fill tubes and leaks into peritoneal cavity via oviduct. |
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What procedure uses an intravaginal scope to view abdominal cavities?
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Culdoscopy - through posterior fornix of vagina
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Why does prolapse occur?
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Weak pelvic diaphragm muscles, particularly levator ani
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What disorder is characterized by the neck of the bladder slipping through pelvic diaphragm causing the urethral sphincter to fail?
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Stress incontinence. Intra-abdominal pressure no longer helps keep urethral sphincter closed.
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What are the nerves involved in erection?
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Cavernous nerves
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Factors contributing to erectile dysfunction?
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Diabetes
Hypertension Smoking Low serum testosterone |
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How does viagra work?
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Enhances relaxing effect of NO by inhibiting phosphodiesterase that degrades cyclic GMP. NO relaxes helicine arteries to allow blood to fill in penis.
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In order to repair a tumor in the labia majora what nerve must be blocked?
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Pudendal nerve
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Reconstructive surgery of the uterus risks damaging what structure?
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Ureter
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After removal of the rectum, what nerves might be damaged that lead to erectile dysfunction?
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Pelvic splanchnic parasympathetic nerves, S2-S4.
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What is the landmark for a pudendal block?
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Ischial spine
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Damage to what nerve leads to incontinence?
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Pudendal
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Where do external genatalia have lymph drainage?
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Superficial and deep inguinal lymph nodes
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The ureter passes lateral to what female organ?
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Cervix
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What is medial to the ovarian vessels in the suspensory ligament?
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Ureter passes over pelvic brim medial to these vessels
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Where does cervical cancer metastasize to?
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Internal iliac nodes - uterine artery comes from internal iliac artery
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Sign of BPH?
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Urinating at night
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Lymphatic drainage from scrotum?
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Superficial inguinal lymph nodes
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Numb posterior scrotum?
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Pudendal nerve
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Glans penis, clitoris, labia minora, lower vaginal lymphatic drainage?
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Deep inguinal lymph nodes
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Scrotum, labia majora, superficial penis/clitoris lymphatic drainage?
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Superficial inguinal lymph nodes
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Removal of prostate (radical prosectomy) may damage what nerves?
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Cavernous nerves from inferior hypogastric plexus from pelvic splanchnics
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Anal senosry area
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Pudendal nerve
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Ligation of what ligament cuts blood to ovary?
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Suspensory ovarian ligament
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Uterine vessels are in?
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Transverse cardinal ligament
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Other support to uterus besides cardinal ligament?
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Uterosacral ligament
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Somatic nerves innervate what pelvic muscles?
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Levator ani
Sphincter urethrae Deep transverse perenial Bulbospongiousus |
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Detrusor muscle of the bladder is innervated by?
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Parasympathetic NS
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What is the blood supply to the prostate?
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Inferior vesicle
Internal pudendal Middle rectal |
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What does the prostate secrete?
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Citric acid, fibrinolysin, serine protease
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What is prostate specific antigen normally secreted by?
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The liver, small amounts by prostate
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What nerves cause ejaculation?
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Sacral splanchnics L1, L2
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What part of the pituitary makes FSH?
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Anterior pituitary
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What type of cell makes gonadotropes?
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Basophils
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What does estrogen stimulate?
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Proliferative phase of menstrual cycle
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What cells produce estrogen?
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Granulosa cells convert androgens to estrogen in the follicle
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What is the secretory phase of the uterus stimulated by?
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Directly: Progesterone
Indirectly: LH surge |
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What are the three parts of the broad ligament?
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Mesovarium
Mesosalpinx Mesometrium |
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After the LH surge, when does ovulation occur?
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12-24 hours
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Where does fertilization occur?
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In the ampulla
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What does a pregnancy test test for? What cells make it?
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HCG
Chorionic trophoblasts in the placenta |
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Where is the bladder in relation to the uterus?
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Anterior and inferior
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How does the mucosa of the cervix change as you go towards the vagina?
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Simple columnar to stratified squamous non-keratinized epithelium
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What are vaginal fornices?
|
Continual recesses of the vagina around the cervix
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What chemical is found in the lamina rarae (externa and interna) of the glomerular basement membrane?
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Heparin sulfate
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|
What is a physical barrier of the lamina densa of the glomerular basement membrane?
|
Type IV collagen
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|
What cleans the glomerular basement membrane?
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Mesangial cells
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What blocks Na+ from leaving the loop of Henle?
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Furosemide, diuretic that keeps water from being reabsorbed
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If a biopsy was taken 3cm below the 12th rib what would it pierce?
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Quadratus lumborum and latissiumus dorsi
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If a biopsy of the superior pole of the kidney above the 12th rib was taken what would it pierce?
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Diaphragm
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What features does the Proximal convoluted tubule have?
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Brush boarders, acidophilic, more seen in cross section, fuzzy or collapsed lumens.
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What does the macula densa do?
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It is a specialized DCT that facilitates the release of renin from JCG cells. Detects the amount of sodium in urine.
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How much protein is excreted from the kidney each day?
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100-150 mg
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|
Where does ADH act on the kidney?
|
Acts at the collecting ducts
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|
From what vertebral level do the renal arteries arise?
|
L1/L2 disc
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Where does the superior mesenteric artery arise?
|
L1
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What lies just above the origins of the renal arteries?
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transpyloric plane
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|
What is the adrenal gland innervated by?
|
Greater splanchnic nerve
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|
What cells release epinephrine and norepinephrine in the adrenal gland?
|
Chromaffin cells
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|
The transumbilical plane is at what vertebral level?
|
L3-L4
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Where does the IMA arise?
|
Subcostal plane at L3
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|
If a catheter were threaded through the femoral artery what route would it take?
|
Underneath ureter at bifurcation of common iliac.
enters aorta at supracristal plane L4 |
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How do juxtaglomerular cells respond to blood pressure?
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They have stretch receptors
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|
What does renin do?
|
Converts angiotensinogen made by liver to angiotensin I
Angiotensin I is converted to angiotensin II by ACE in lungs |
|
What does angoitensin II do?
|
Powerful vasoconstricto.
Binds to zona glomerula to make it release aldosterone, which increases sodium reapsorption from collecting duct and DCT to reabsorb more water. |
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Where does the ureter cross the pelvic brim?
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At the bifurcation of the common iliac arteries.
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|
From where does the uterine artery arise?
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Anterior trunk of internal iliac artery
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|
Where do the uterine artery and ureter cross?
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2cm above the ischial spine
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Where do pain afferents from the fundus and body of the uterus travel?
|
L1, L2 (peritoneum)
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|
Where do pain afferents from the cervix and vagina travel?
|
S2-S4 (parasympathetic)
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|
Pain afferents travel from ureter to?
|
T11-L2
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If the uterine artery were ligated at its origin what organs would be compromised?
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Cervix and vagina
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Where do the pain afferents from the distal vagina travel?
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S2-S4 PUDENDAL
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What nerve and artery pass towards the urogential triangle in the lateral wall of the ischioanal fossa?
|
The pudendal nerve (perineal nerves)
The internal pudendal artery |
|
A specialization of what fascia forms the alcock's canal?
|
Obturator internus
|
|
If an abscess occurs in the ischioanal fossa, how far anteriorly may the abscess spread?
|
Can spread to the anterior recess and posteriorly through the deep postanal space to the opposite side.
|
|
What would be inferior and superior to this anteriorly spreading abscess?
|
Inferior would be perineal membrane and superiorly would be the levator ani.
|
|
What are the layers and the derivatives of the spermatic cord?
|
External : External oblique
Cremasteric: Internal oblique Internal: Transversalis fascia |
|
Two type of hemorrhoids?
|
Internal AKA piles, can become prolapsed
External - covered by skin, very painful |
|
Pain from a damaged right testis would travel where?
|
T7
|
|
What does the tunica vaginalis form from?
|
Processus vaginalis a layer of peritoneum.
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|
What level do the testicular/ovarian arteries arise?
|
L2
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|
Where does the left renal vein drain?
|
IVC
|
|
What lays in the posterior wall of the omental bursa?
|
The pancreas
|
|
During development the portion of the stomach that will become the posterior wall is facing what direction?
|
Anatomical right
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|
What cells are responsible for the formation of HCL in the gastric lumen?
|
Parietal cells
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|
Where are parietal cells located?
|
Fundus of stomach
|
|
What three things make up the hepatoduodenal ligament?
|
Hepatic artery proper
Common bile duct Hepatic portal vein |
|
What are the branches of the celiac artery?
|
Common hepatic, splenic, and left gastric
|
|
What is the blood supply to the stomach?
|
Right and left gastrics, right and left gastro-epiploic (gastro-omental), and short gastric (fundus)
|
|
Sympathetic innervation to stomach?
|
T6-T9, celiac, greater splanchnic
|
|
What level is the pyloric sphincter of the stomach?
|
L1
|
|
Pain afferents from the gallbladder, bile duct, and duodenum travel?
|
T6-T9
|
|
If the ampulla of Vater is blocked what will occur?
|
Pancreatic enzymes will back up into the pancreas, possibly digest tissue and backwash into the blood.
|
|
Where do the gallbladder, head of pancreas and liver develop from?
|
Diverticulum of the duodenum
|
|
Where does the cystic artery branch from?
|
Right hepatic artery
|
|
The accessory pancreatic duct is also known as what? What is it a remnant of?
|
Duct of santorini.
Remnant of embryonic dorsal bud of pancreas. The ventral bud gives rise to the duct of wirsung and the man dorsal duct joins with the ventral head. |
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What form the walls of the bile canaliculi in the liver?
|
Hepatocytes
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|
What type of epithelium lines the gallbladder?
|
Simple columnar
|
|
What does the gallbladder lack that gives away its identity?
|
No submucosa, no glands.
|
|
What are the sinuses called in the epithelium of the gallbladder?
|
Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses
|
|
What lobe of the liver is immediately medial to the gallbladder?
|
Quadrate lobe
|
|
How will the trachea of a smoker appear?
|
Thick basement membrane, goblet cells.
|
|
What cells secrete lipoprotein and keep the walls of the bronchioles from sticking together?
|
Clara cells - secrete CC16
|
|
Why are there no clara cells in the trachea and bronchii?
|
Those structures have cartilage to keep them from sticking together.
|
|
What is the sinus venosus?
|
Remnant of the in-growth of vessels into the right atrium. Demarcated by the crista terminalis, it is the smooth area.
|
|
What are the bronchial segments of the right lung?
|
APALMSMALM
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|
From what structure does the hepatoduodenal ligament derive?
|
Ventral mesentery
|
|
What is the name for the muscular structure at the end of the ampulla of Vater?
|
Sphincter of Oddie
|
|
What does the obliterated left umbilical vein become?
|
Round ligament (ligamentum teres of liver)
|
|
What pain afferent levels are from the kidneys?
|
T10-L1
|
|
What pain afferent levels are from the small bowel?
|
T8-T10
|
|
What pain afferent levels are from the transverse colon?
|
T11
|
|
What pain afferents are from the decending colon?
|
T12-L1
|
|
What pain afferents are from the sigmoid colon to rectum?
|
L2,L3
S2 S4 |
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What arteries serve as the anastamoses around the head of the pancreas?
|
Superior pancreaticoduodenal to anterior and posterior superior to anterior and posterior inferior to inferior pancreaticoduodenal to SMA
|
|
What is the tract of bile from the liver to the duodenum?
|
bile canaliculi --> intrahepatic bile ductures --> interolbar bile ductules --> r/l hepatic ducts --> common hepatic --> cystic --> bile duct
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What vessels lie in the splenorenal ligament?
|
The splenic artery and vein. The tail of the pancreas is also in this ligament
|
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What vessels lie in the gastrosplenal ligament?
|
The short gastric arteries and veins.
|
|
What vessels lie in the lesser omentum?
|
Left gastric artery and vein.
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