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Example Question #132 : Identifying Nerves And Blood Vessels
While examining a patient, a physician finds a leakage of blood from the blood vessel that normally carries oxygen-rich blood. Which vessel would most likely be damaged?
Portal vein
Superior vena cava
Pulmonary veins
Pulmonary arteries
Pulmonary veins
This question sounds complicated, but the key lies in the first sentence: we are to identify the vessel that normally carries oxygen-rich blood. The pulmonary veins fit this description; they return oxygen-rich blood from the lungs back to the heart. In contrast, the pulmonary arteries carry oxygenated-poor blood from the heart to the lungs (to be oxygenated). The portal vein carries oxygenated-poor blood with nutrients to the liver from the intestine. Lastly, the superior vena cava carries oxygenated-poor blood to the right atrium of the heart.
Example Question #133 : Identifying Nerves And Blood Vessels
What types of nerve fibers are found in the ventral roots of spinal nerves?
Visceral efferent (autonomic) axons only
Visceral efferent (autonomic) and somatic efferent axons
Somatic afferent axons serving structures derived from the ventral body wall
Somatic efferent axons only
Visceral efferent (autonomic) and somatic efferent axons
Visceral efferent (autonomic) and somatic efferent axons are found in the ventral roots of spinal nerves. The ventral root is the efferent motor root of a spinal nerve, distally it joins with the dorsal root to form a mixed spinal nerve, whose postertior branch innervates skin and muscles of the back, while the anterior branch supplies skin and muscles of the front and sides of the trunk and limbs.
Example Question #134 : Identifying Nerves And Blood Vessels
What spinal nerve passes through the intervertebral foramen between the fifth and sixth cervical vertebrae?
C7
C4
C5
C6
C6
The C6 spinal nerve passes through the intervertebral foramen between the fifth and sixth cervical vertebrae. There are eight cervical spinal nerves that exit above their associated vertebrae. In this case C6 exits between the vertebrae C5 and C6 (above C6 vertebrae). This is unique in comparison to the thoracic and lumbar spine where the nerves exit below their associated vertebrae.
Example Question #135 : Identifying Nerves And Blood Vessels
The deep brachial artery travels with which nerve, in the arm?
Anterior interosseous branch of median nerve
Ulnar nerve
Radial nerve
Recurrent branch of branch of median nerve
Radial nerve
The deep brachial artery travels with the radial nerve, around the spiral/radial groove of the humerus. The anterior interosseous artery travels with the anterior interosseous branch of the median nerve, not the radial nerve, and passes through the dorsal surface of the interosseous membrane. The recurrent branch of the median nerve branches off the median nerve in the hand, not in the arm. The ulnar artery travels with the ulnar nerve at various points in its pathway, not the deep brachial artery.
Example Question #136 : Identifying Nerves And Blood Vessels
Which of the following nerves that branch off the cervical plexus, do not receive C2 segmental innervation?
Greater auricular nerve
Transverse cervical nerve
Supraclavicular nerves
Lesser occipital nerve
Supraclavicular nerves
Although all of these nerves arise from the cervical plexus, and supply sensation to the head and neck, the supraclavicular nerves do not receive C2 segmental innervation. They receive C3, C4 segmental innervation. Anteriorly, they supply sensation to the skin superolateral to the sternum, and posteriorly to the skin over the supraspinous fossa, and the adjacent area.
Example Question #137 : Identifying Nerves And Blood Vessels
Which of the following nerves is not associated with the rotator cuff?
Upper subscapular nerve
Thoracodorsal nerve
Suprascapular nerve
Lower subscapular nerve
Thoracodorsal nerve
The thoracodorsal nerve innervates the latissimus dorsi, which is not one of the rotator cuff muscles. The suprascapular nerve innervates the supra- and infraspinatus muscles, the upper and lower subscapular nerves innervate the subscapularis, and the axillary nerve innervates the teres minor. These muscles make up the rotator cuff. Accordingly, the nerves that innervate them are associated with the rotator cuff.
Example Question #138 : Identifying Nerves And Blood Vessels
Which of the following is not a branch of the radial nerve?
Inferior lateral brachial cutaneous nerve
Posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve
Lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve
Posterior interosseous nerve
Lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve
The lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve supplies sensation to the lateral forearm (both the palmar-lateral and dorsolateral surfaces), and stems from the musculocutaneous nerve, not the radial nerve. The inferior lateral brachial and posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerves are sensory branches of the radial nerve and supply sensation to parts of the dorsal arm and forearm, respectively. The posterior interosseous nerve is a motor branch of the radial nerve that innervates the finger extensors that cross the wrist (e.g. extensor digitorum).
Example Question #139 : Identifying Nerves And Blood Vessels
What part of the action potential results in the depolarization of the cell?
Closing of voltage-gated sodium channels
Closing of voltage-gated potassium channels
Opening of voltage-gated sodium channels
Opening of voltage-gated potassium channels
Opening of voltage-gated sodium channels
When at rest, the neuron initially has a negative membrane potential. At the beginning of an action potential, voltage-gated sodium channels open, allowing sodium ions to enter the cell. This causes the cell to become positively charged compared to the outside of the cell. This process is called depolarization.
After depolarization occurs, the sodium channels close, initiating the absolute refractory period. Voltage-gated potassium channels then open and potassium ions exit the cell. This results in hyperpolarization and the relative refractory period. The potassium channels then close and the sodium-potassium pump returns the cell to its resting potential by removing sodium and collecting potassium.
Example Question #1 : Identifying Other Anatomical Structures
Which of the following is not a layer of the epidermis?
Stratum lucidum
Stratum granulosum
Stratum corneum
Stratum basalis
Stratum epidermidis
Stratum epidermidis
There are five layers of the epidermis. From surface to base, the layers are the stratum corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum, stratum spinosum and stratum basalis.
The stratum corneum is composed of several layers of barrier cells and serves mostly for protection. The stratum lucidum is only found in the palms and soles and helps thicken the skin. The stratum granulosum contains lipids and fatty acids. The stratum spinosum contains some immune cells, as well as lipids. The stratum basalis contains melanocytes and mechanoreceptor cells attached to the basement membrane.
Example Question #1 : Identifying Other Anatomical Structures
What body part does lacrimal fluid lubricate?
Synovial joints
The vas deferens
The eyeball
The mouth
The stomach
The eyeball
Lacrimal glands are located superior to and along the lateral half of both eyeballs, and are responsible for keeping the eyes moist and creating tears. The lacrimal fluid is drained via the lacrimal ducts into the nasal cavity, which is why there is increased nasal drainage when crying.