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Anatomy

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Gap junctions   dye passes from one cell into the next  
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Derivation of adrenal medulla   neural crest; neuroblasts develop in ganglia  
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adrenal gland layers from outside in   glomerulosa, fasciculata, reticularis, medulla  
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Tibial nerve function   plantar flexion of toes; injury = loss of plantar flexion, foot dorsiflexed and everted (calcaneovalgocavus), sensory loss on sole of foot  
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Composition of aortic valve (also pulmonic valve)   lined by endothelium and have abundant fibroelastic tissue plus a dense collagenous core  
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Composition of mitral and tricuspid valves   avascular; loose CT core (this core is increased w/valve prolaps ==> myxomatous degeneration)  
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Break humerus and get wrist drop   radial nerve injury  
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Post-radical mastecomy - winged scapula   injury to long thoracic nerve; paralasys of serratus anterior muscle  
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Pt w/nosebleed and rhinorrhea   fx of cribiform plate in ethmoid bone  
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Medial longitudinal fasciculus demyelination in MS   internuclear ophthalmoplegia  
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Parathyroid derivation   third/fourth pharyngeal pouches  
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Phases of meiosis eggs are in before and after ovulation   meiosis I arrested in PROPHASE until ovulation; meiosis II arrested in METAPHASE until fertilization  
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What runs along the radial artery   median nerve  
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artery affected in femoral neck fracture   medial femoral circumflex artery  
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EM of egg: where does sperm penetrate?   zona pellucida  
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Where is metaphase II completed?   in uterus  
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Collagen type I   bone, tendon, skin; greatest tensile strength  
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Collagen type III   initial collagen of wound repair, replaced by collagen type I (collagenase w/Zn as cofactor)  
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Collagen type IV   componenet of basement membrane  
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Collagen type X   epiphyseal plate; picture of bone on exam and need to label where X is located  
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Collagen type II   major component of hyaline cartilage  
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Wallerian degeneration   destruction of distal end of peripheral n; Schwann cells begin to proliferate and form a tube to guide new axons in sprouting regeneration process; growth directed distally (1-3mm/d), are remyelinated and reestabilsh continuity w/motor end plate of muscle  
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Nerve injured in midshaft humerus fracture   median nerve  
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Layers of gastric mucosa   mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa (oblique, longitudinal, circular; other GI has only 2 m layers), adventitia  
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Oligodendrocytes vs Schwann cells   myelinate in CNS vs periphery  
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Stage of eggs arrested after birth   prophase of meiosis I  
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Eye closed, cannot open and eye deviated down and out   occulomotor nerve palsy (III)  
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Eye down and in   trochlear nerve palsy (IV)  
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Child w/popsicle stick in mouth falls down and develops ptosis and miosis of right eye   injury to cervical sympathetic ganglion  
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Vertical diplopia is a/w   cranial nerve IV palsy  
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Pt w/headache and physical findings of mydriasis in right eye in a/w mild lid lag and deviation of eye down and out   aneurysm compressing CNIII (headache is giveaway for aneurysm)  
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Pt w/recent h/o bacterial meningitis has horizontal diplopia in left eye, which is worse on gaze to the left   CN VI palsy (lateral rectus weakness)  
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Pt w/bilateral lateral rectus musle weakness   inc in intracranial pressure (classic sign: papilledema is usu present)  
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Paralysis of upward gaze in an infant   hydrocephalus secondary to stenosis of aqueduct of Sylvius ("Parinaud's syndrome")  
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Multiple ocular motor nerve disorders   diabetes mellitus (common CN palsies from osmotic damage to nerves)  
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Weakness of quadriceps muscle and absent knee jerk reflex   herniated L3-L4 disk  
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Pain in hip and lateral quadriceps, numbness of anterolateral leg and the webbed space btw the great toe, weakness of dorsiflexion of foot, and normal knee and ankle jerk reflexes   herniated L4-L5 disk (note the DTRs are normal)  
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Numbness alont lateral and posterior aspect of calf and plantar aspect of foot, and an absent ankle jerk reflex   herniated L5-S1 disk  
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Young child falls on outstretched arm and has pain in middle and lateral portion of clavicle; upper extremity remains in abduction, extension and internal rotation   nerve injured is C5-C6 (Erb-Duchenne syndrome or superior brachial plexus injury d/t fx); mc fx in newborn  
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Inferior brachial plexus injuries   C8-T1; Klumpke's syndrome  
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Pt has paralysis of oculomotor nerve after a head injury   uncal herniation w/compression of the nerve; ptosis and mydriasis  
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Numbness of thenar aspect of hand   median nerve (carpal tunnel) syndrome  
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Wrist bone w/greates incidence of aseptic necrosis   scaphoid (navicular) bone  
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Supracondylar fracture   injury to brachial artery and median nerve; danger of ischemic contractures in forearm muscle (Volkmann's ischemic contracture)  
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Fetal circulation with greatest O2 content   ductus venosus and umbilical vein  
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A band of skeletal muscle contains   myosin ATPase  
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The most distal airway structure with cilia   respiratory bronchioles  
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Terminal bronchioles   have cilia but no goblet cells; site of obstruction in asthma, CF and chronic bronchitis  
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Voice hoarseness post thyroid surgery   injury to laryngeal nerve  
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Location of splenic artery   above pancreas  
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Xray showing enlargement of posterior heart   L atrium in pt w/mitral stenosis  
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Occlusion of anterior cerebral artery   causes problems in contralateral leg  
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Schwannoma in jugular foramen   weakness of palate/loss of gag reflex/laryngeal paralysis (CNX), trapezius/SCM (XI), loss of taste sensation in posterior 1/3 of tongue (IX)  
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Weber syndrome   lesion of oculomotor nerve and UMN signs with a midline midbrain lesion  
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Horner's syndrome - location of lesion   on a diagram of vertebra and sympathetic trunk, locate cervical sympathetic ganglion  
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Frontal lobe lesion   affects personality  
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Bitemporal hemianopia   lesion at optic chiasm; commonly a craniopharyngioma (derived from Rathke's pouch)  
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Inferior quadrantanopia   defect in superior fibers of temporal lobe  
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Loss of sensation in hands, h/o burns w/o knowing it   syringomyelia in cervical cord and crossed spinothalamics  
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C2 transection of fasciculus gracilis   effects vibration and fine touch of lower extremity only  
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CNIII and UMN signs on opposite side   midline midbrain lesion  
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Loss of pain and temperature and UMN signs on opposite side   mid pons lesion  
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Horner's syndrome w/localizationof lesion on a diagram   lateral medullary syndrome w/associated cranial nerve palsy in medulla and hypothalamus w/associated temperature regulation problems  
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Parkinson's related to drugs   MPTP  
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Blood production prior to birth   liver, bone marrow  
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Bochdalek hernia in posterolateral part of diaphragm on left   presents early in life; visceral contents extend into chest cavity causing severe respiratory distress at birth  
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Parasternal diaphragmatic hernias   extend thru the foramen of Morgagni beneath the sternum and do not usually develop symptoms until later in life  
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Artery a/w foregut   celiac  
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Artery a/w midgut   superior mesenteric  
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Artery a/w hindgut   inferior mesenteric  
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Damage to hearing in a drummer   injury to cochlea  
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Argyll-Robertson pupil   accomodates when pt follows finger moving towards the nose but does not react to direct light; **a/w neurosyphilis**  
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