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USMLE/COMLEX Step 1 Anatomy One Liners
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Innervation of fibrous pericardium
Scaphoid
Phrenic nerve
Perineal membrane
CN IX - CN X
2. Branch of CN V that carries parasympathetics to parotid
Auriculotemporal
Pelvic diaphragm
Portal vein
Right and left gastroepiploics - right - left and short gastric
3. Most commonly herniated intervertebral disc
T10-11
Left renal vein - duodenum
Sural (S1)
L4-5
4. Rationale for aspirated small objects to go to right primary bronchus
Tenia coli - haustra - epiploic appendages
Right
Wider diameter - shorter and more vertical
Ischial tuberosities
5. Major structures of bed of stomach
Lateral pterygoid
CV4 -5
Pancreas - spleen - left kidney and suprarenal gland - diaphragm
Geniculate ganglion
6. Structure that opens into superior meatus of nasal cavity
Shoulder
Plantar calcaneonavicular (spring)
Superficial inguinal
Posterior ethmoid sinus
7. Rib related to oblique fissure of lung posteriorly
Recurrent branch of Median
Deep inguinal
Phrenic
2nd
8. Two muscles that rotate scapula for full abduction of arm
Vastus medialis
L5
L4
Trapezius and serratus anterior
9. Cutaneous innervation of most of dorsum of foot
T10-11
Superficial fibular
Right hepatic artery
Trapezius - SCM
10. Structures that course through only portion of adductor canal
L4
Pubococcygeus
Epiploic foramen
Saphenous nerve - nerve to vastus medialis - descending genicular vessels
11. Muscle that forms floor of popliteal fossa
Greater - lesser and least splanchnic nerves
Popliteus
Biceps brachii
Femoral nerve
12. Structures that course throughout entire length of adductor canal
Pancreas - spleen - left kidney and suprarenal gland - diaphragm
Phrenic nerve
Femoral artery and vein
LV2
13. Innervation to nail bed of middle finger
Right coronary artery
Anterior talofibular
Gluteus medius
Median nerve
14. Ligament laxity with positive valgus maneuver
Falciform ligament
L4
Medial collateral
Left 5th interspace - midclavicular line
15. Nerve compressed with carpal tunnel syndrome
Pectinate line
Median
Anterverted - anteflexed
Obturator internus and Piriformis
16. Structures that lie to right and left of thoracic duct
Medial collateral - medial meniscus and anterior cruciate ligament
Superior vena cava
Azygos veins - aorta
Intercostal nerve
17. Dermatome of thumb
CN V
Medial femoral circumflex
Biceps brachii
C6
18. Vessel located posterior to neck of pancreas
Portal vein
Ulnar (deep br.)
Anterverted - anteflexed
CN V1 (nasociliary)
19. Inferior extent of lung at midclavicular line
Temporalis
Ulnar (deep br.)
L5
6th rib
20. Level where ascending aorta is continuous with arch of aorta
Popliteus
Direct inguinal
Alar
TV4-5
21. Vertebral level associated with origin of gonadal arteries
Fibularis brevis
L2
Anteflexion
Internal laryngeal
22. Ligament that contains uterine vessels
Lateral cervical
Hepatoduodenal (lesser omentum)
Meniscus injury
CN V
23. Muscle that is chief flexor at hip joint
Nasolacrimal duct
Radial
Inferior and posterior
Iliopsoas
24. Most common side for indirect inguinal hernia
Posterior ethmoid sinus
Right
Tibial
Right ventricle
25. Structure that forms superficial inguinal ring
LV2
Aponeurosis of external Oblique
Left 2nd interspace
Ansa cervicalis
26. Means by which obturator internus exits pelvis
Deep fibular
Lesser sciatic foramen
T12
SV2
27. Cutaneous innervation to medial side of foot
Saphenous (L4)
Recurrent laryngeal
Bronchoconstriction - Vasodilation
Sphincter urethrae
28. Innervation of suboccipital muscles
Indirect inguinal
Duodenum - pancreas
Nasolacrimal duct
Suboccipital nerve
29. Structures that pierce thyrohyoid membrane
T7 - L1
Tibial
Internal laryngeal nerve - superior laryngeal artery
8th rib
30. Only muscle innervated by CN IX
S1
CN IX - CN X - Sympathetics
Coronary sinus
Stylopharyngeus
31. Cutaneous innervation of heel
Caudate lobe of liver
Phrenic nerve
Pars interarticularis - Lamina
Tibial
32. Two structures that lies posterior to SMA near its origin
Aponeurosis of external Oblique
Left renal vein - duodenum
Scoliosis
conus arteriosum or infundibulum
33. Structure that lies immediately posterior to manubrium
Thymus
CN IX - CN X
TV4-5
Internal oblique
34. Structures that open into middle meatus of nasal cavity
Ulnar (deep br.)
Bronchoconstriction - Vasodilation
Ulnar
Frontal - maxillary - anterior and middle ethmoid
35. Two major components of levator ani
Pubococcygeus and Iliococcygeus
Genioglossus
Saphenous (L4)
Intrinsic hand muscles
36. Abdominal layer continuous with internal spermatic fascia
Greater - lesser and least splanchnic nerves
Transversalis fascia
Thymus
CN IX
37. Structure that limits spread of ascitic fluid within infracolic compartment
Root of mesentary
Piriform recess
Fibularis longus and brevis
Cricothyroid
38. Specific muscle that holds patella in place
Median nerve
IVC
Vastus medialis
CN X - CN X
39. Major nerve to TMJ (pain)
Auriculotemporal
Left 2nd interspace
Long head of biceps
Femoral vein
40. Major chamber that forms base of heart
Left atrium
CN V3
C6
Root of mesentary
41. Nerve injured when tonsilar pillars sag and uvula deviates
Inguinal ligament
CN X
Sphincter urethrae
Auriculotemporal
42. Structure that limits spread of ascitic fluid in left paracolic gutter
L5
Phrenicocolic ligament
Inferior vena cava
Pubococcygeus and Iliococcygeus
43. Muscle attached to disc of TMJ
Lateral pterygoid
L1
Posterior arch of atlas; posterior atlanto - occipital membrane
T12
44. Nerves of pharyngeal plexus
CN IX - CN X - Sympathetics
L4
Deltoid and teres minor
Indirect inguinal
45. Heart chamber with greatest sternocostal projection
CV3
Right ventricle
Duodenum - pancreas
Posterior interventricular
46. Chief supinator muscle of hand
S1
L4
Ulnar
Biceps brachii
47. Structures that course between anterior and middle scalene
Brachial plexus - subclavian artery
CN IX
L2
Auriculotemporal - CN X
48. Structure that forms deep inguinal ring
Phrenic + intercostal
T12
Superficial and deep perineal - bulbospongiosus - external anal sphincter - pubococcygeus
Trasnversalis fasica
49. Structure immediately medial to femoral artery in femoral sheath
Femoral vein
Round ligament of liver
T12
Subclavian and internal Jugular
50. Structure that separates deep and superficial perineal spaces
Right ventricle
CN X
Perineal membrane
Ischial tuberosities