5/21/2020 International MOCK Exam Part1

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Question 1 As it emerges from the axilla, the median nerve lies where with regards to the brachial artery?
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Select one:
a. Medial

b. Posterior

c. Anterior

d. Lateral

Question 2 Which movements can take place at the interphalangeal joint?

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Select one:
a. Flexion

b. Abduction

c. Circumduction

d. Adduction

Question 3 The clavipectoral fascia is pierced by which of the following veins?

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Select one:
a. Basilic

b. Axillary

c. Brachial

d. Cephalic

Question 4 Which statement best describes the Wallarian type of degeneration?

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Select one:
a. Increase in the volume of perikaryon due to swelling of its cytoplasm

b. Dissolution of Nissel granules with decrease in the cytoplasmic basophilia

c. Phagocytosis of Schwann cells by microglia

d. Degeneration of the nerve fibers and the myelin sheath

Question 5
A 25 years old man came to the emergency room with a cut injury in his right upper limb. After
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several investigations, ulnar nerve injury is diagnosed.
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Which of the following is essential for the nerve regeneration?

Select one:
a. Growth of the axon of the proximal stump

b. Schwann cell proliferation & formation of a cellular tube

c. Absorption of degenerated distal segment by macrophages

d. Formation of myelin sheath on the distal stump 

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Question 6 What is the muscle attached to the coracoid process?

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Select one:
a. Deltoid

b. Pectoralis minor

c. Trapizius

d. Pectoralis major

Question 7 A 32-year-old patient has a lesion in the upper trunk of brachial plexus. Which of the following can
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Select one:
a. Inability to elevate the arm above the horizontal

b. Arm tending to lie in medial rotation

c. Paralysis of rhomboids major

d. Inability to adduct the thumb

Question 8 What is the action of the muscle attached to the pointed area?
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Select one:
a. Elevation of shoulder

b. Extension of shoulder joint

c. Protraction of scapula

d. Abduction of shoulder joint

Question 9 At where does the axillary artery arise?

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Select one:
a. First rib

b. Clavicle

c. Teres major

d. Third rib

Question 10 Attachment of muscles of upper limb:

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Choose from the above list the proper attachment of each of the following muscles:
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Pectoralis major Choose...

Infraspinatus Choose...

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Question 11 Which nerve is responsible for projection of scapula, if it is injured during mastectomy?
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Select one:
a. Suprascapular

b. Dorsal scapular

c. Axillary

d. Long thoracic

Question 12 Which of the following refers to Rheobase?

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Select one:
a. Maximum current  intensity of unlimited duration to give a response

b. Minimal current intensity of unlimited duration to give a response

c. Maximal time by weak stimulus which is required to give a response

d. Minimal time by strong stimulus which is required to give a response

Question 13 Which of the following muscles is supplied by the radial nerve?

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Select one:
a. Abductor pollicis longus

b. Flexor pollicis longus

c. Extensor carpi radialis longus

d. Flexor carpi radialis

Question 14 What is the origin of axillary nerve from the brachial plexus?
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Select one:
a. Trunks

b. Lateral cord

c. Posterior cord

d. Medial cord

Question 15 During surgical intervention in the medial part of the cubital fossa which structure is more liable to
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Select one:
a. Median nerve

b. Radial nerve

c. Brachial artery

d. Biceps tendon

Question 16 What is the state of the Na+ and K+ channels during the relative refractory period?
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Select one:
a. Both Na+ and K+ channels are closed

b. Na+ channels are closed but K+ channels are opened

c. K+ channels are closed but Na+ channels are opened

d. Both Na+ and K+ channels are opened

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Question 17

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In view of the above diagram:

The attachment of which of the following muscles will be affected, if there is fracture of the pointed
part of this bone,?

a. Subscapularis

b. Supraspinatus

c. Deltoid

d. Teres minor

What is the tissue that will appear first during the process of healing of this bone fracture?

a. Woven immature bone

b. Cancellous bone

c. Hyaline cartilage

d. White fibrocartilage like tissue

A medical student conducts an experiment to compare between conduction of myelinated nerve

from a cat and unmyelinated nerve from squid. He plotted the diagram below. Which curve
represents conduction in a myelinated nerve?

a. A

b. B

Question 18 Which of the following muscles does not share in the formation of the rotator cuff?
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answered Select one:
a. Infraspinatus

b. Teres major

c. Subscapularis

d. Supraspinatus

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Question 19 Voltage-gated sodium channels are opened during which phase of the nerve action potential ?
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Select one:
a. Ascending limb

b. Latent period

c. Isopotential state

d.  Descending limb

Question 20 A 58-yrear old woman is suffering from diabetes mellitus over the last 20 years leading to damage
Not yet of her peripheral nerves. If you know that diabetes decreases nerve Na-K pump function, which of
answered the following can be reported in the electrical phases of activity?

Select one:
a. The stimulus threshold will be lower than normal

b. After hyperpolarization brings membrane potential to -9 mv

c. Repolarization phase will disappear

d. The amplitude of the depolarization phase will be greater than normal

Question 21 Palmaris brevis is supplied by which of the following?

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Select one:
a. Recurrent branch of median

b. Superficial branch of ulnar

c. Deep branch ulnar

d. Palmar branch of median

Question 22 Where is the pulse of the radial artery palpable?

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Select one:
a. Across the anterior aspect of the lateral epicondyle of the humerus

b. Superficial to the carpal tunnel

c. Lateral to the tendon of the flexor carpi radialis

d. Between the tendons of the palmaris longus and flexor carpi ulnaris

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Question 23 Where is the nerve cell in the opposite diagram found?

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Select one:
a. Olfactory mucosa of nose

b. Cerebral cortex

c. Cerebellar cortex

d. Craniospinal ganglia

Question 24 What is the example of glycosaminoglycan in cartilage?

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Select one:
a. Collagen type II

b. Chondronectin

c. Chondroitin sulfate

d. Glycoprotein

Question 25 A 45-year-old woman has severe bronchial asthma and is required to withdraw a sample of arterial
Not yet blood from the brachial artery.  Where should the technician insert the needle to obtain this
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sample?

Select one:
a. Just medial to the tendon of the flexor carpi radialis muscle at the wrist

b. Just medial to the biceps tendon in the cubital fossa

c. In the lateral aspect of the arm, between the biceps and triceps brachii muscles

d. Just lateral to the biceps tendon in the cubital fossa

Question 26 In case of a midshaft fracture of the humerus, which pair of structures could most likely be injured
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Select one:
a. Axillary nerve and posterior humeral circumflex artery

b. Radial nerve and deep brachial artery

c. Suprascapular nerve and artery

d. Long thoracic nerve and lateral thoracic artery

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Question 27 Which structure does not lie beneath extensor retinaculum of wrist?
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Select one:
a. Extensor carpi ulnaris

b. Extensor indicis

c. Brachioradialis

d. Abductor pollicis longus

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