CST Anatomy & Physiology for Surgery 4

Question 1

What is the name of the fibrous sac that surrounds the heart?

Accepted Answer

Pericardium

Answer

Pleura

Answer

Peritoneum

Answer

Endocardium

Question 2

Which type of bone cell is responsible for bone resorption?

Accepted Answer

Osteoclast

Answer

Osteoblast

Answer

Osteocyte

Answer

Chondroblast

Question 3

A patient is undergoing a prostatectomy. Which structure must the surgeon carefully avoid to preserve urinary continence?

Accepted Answer

External urethral sphincter

Answer

Internal urethral sphincter only

Answer

Detrusor muscle

Answer

Trigone of the bladder

Question 4

Which cranial nerve is tested when assessing the gag reflex?

Accepted Answer

CN IX and CN X

Answer

CN V and CN VII

Answer

CN XI and CN XII

Answer

CN VII and CN IX

Question 5

The femoral triangle is bounded by the inguinal ligament superiorly, sartorius laterally, and which muscle medially?

Accepted Answer

Adductor longus

Answer

Rectus femoris

Answer

Gracilis

Answer

Pectineus

Question 6

Which lobe of the liver is located between the gallbladder fossa and the fissure for the ligamentum teres?

Accepted Answer

Quadrate lobe

Answer

Right lobe

Answer

Left lobe

Answer

Caudate lobe

Question 7

During a hip arthroplasty, excessive internal rotation can damage which artery and compromise femoral head blood supply?

Accepted Answer

Medial circumflex femoral artery

Answer

Obturator artery

Answer

Lateral circumflex femoral artery

Answer

Superior gluteal artery