FCA1-0106
A 25-year-old male has tonsillitis and is in considerable pain. Which nerve is responsible for the sensory innervation of the tonsillar fossa?
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FCA1-0107
A 50-year-old female, known case of diabetes, has come in for a check-up at the diabetic foot clinic. The pulses of her feet are examined. The posterior tibial pulse and dorsalis pedis pulses are palpated. Which of the following artery continues as the dorsalis pedis artery?
FCA1-0108
A 40-year-old woman was diagnosed with hyperparathyroidism. She is undergoing a parathyroidectomy, and during the surgery, the inferior parathyroid gland is found to be enlarged. There is a vessel adjacent to this gland on its lateral side. What is this vessel most likely to be?
FCA1-0109
A 55-year-old man has been diagnosed with transitional cell carcinoma involving the ureter. He is due to undergo a left nephroureterectomy. Which structure has no relation to the left ureter’s anatomy?
FCA1-0110
A young male is undergoing inguinal hernia repair. During the procedure, the surgeons approach the inguinal canal and expose the superficial inguinal ring. Which structure forms the lateral edge of the superficial inguinal ring?
FCA1-0111
The thebesian veins contribute to the venous drainage of the heart. Into which of the following structures do they primarily drain?
FCA1-0112
A man suffers damage to his vagus nerve during surgery on his neck. The vagus nerve is cut near its exit from the skull. The man loses his parasympathetic tone raising his heart rate and blood pressure. What other feature will be likely present with a vagus nerve injury?
FCA1-0113
Out of the following, which is NOT true regarding the external carotid?
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?