Archives: FRCA Part 1

FCA1-0127

A 30-year-old man has been diagnosed with a direct inguinal hernia. A direct inguinal hernia passes through Hesselbach’s triangle. What forms the medial edge of this triangle?

FCA1-0128

Venepuncture is being performed on the basilic vein in the cubital fossa. At which of the following points does the basilic vein pass deep under the muscle?

FCA1-0129

A 45-year-old woman complains of pain in her upper abdomen to her physician. The pain comes intermittently in waves and gets worse after eating food. There are no associated complaints of fever or bowel problems. The pain intensity is 6/10, and paracetamol relieves it a little. There is suspicion that part of the biliary tree is blocked. Which area of the duodenum does this blocked tube open into?

FCA1-0130

A 49-year-old female has presented to her physician with complaints of a lump in her groin area. The lump is painless and is more prominent in coughing. On examination, the lump’s location is inferior and lateral to the pubic tubercle. This points towards the diagnosis of femoral hernia, where part of her intestines has entered the femoral canal, causing a bulge in the femoral triangle. The femoral triangle is an anatomical region in the upper thigh. Name the structures found in the femoral triangle, laterally to medially.

FCA1-0131

A 50-year-old female is undergoing a lymph node biopsy from the posterior triangle of his neck. What structure forms the posterior boundary of the posterior triangle of the neck?

FCA1-0132

Out of the following, which artery is NOT a branch of the hepatic artery?

FCA1-0133

A 20-year-old boy is undergoing surgery for indirect inguinal hernia repair. The deep inguinal ring is exposed and held with a retractor at its medial aspect during the procedure. What structure is most likely to lie under the retractor on the medial side?

FCA1-0134

Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the internal jugular vein?

FCA1-0114

A 68-year-old man has suffered a myocardial infarction. He has a heart rate of 40 beats per minute currently. Your senior attending explains that the slow heart rate is due to the damage to the conduction pathways between the sinoatrial and atrioventricular nodes. His ventricles are being paced by the AV node alone. What artery supplies the AV node in the majority of patients?

FCA1-0115

Which compound is secreted only from the adrenal medulla?