High-yield recall drilling for India's postgraduate medical entrance exam. Single-best-answer questions with four options, mirroring the NEET-PG format, across pre-clinical, para-clinical and clinical subjects. Definitions, classifications and mechanisms — the things that actually get tested.
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Nerve injuries, regional anatomy and the core physiology of the heart, lung and kidney that NEET-PG returns to every year.
79 total questions
Card #1
Nerve injured in a fracture of the surgical neck of the humerus
Card #2
Nerve at risk in a mid-shaft fracture of the humerus
Card #3
Nerve most commonly injured at the neck of the fibula
1. A patient falls on the shoulder and sustains a fracture of the surgical neck of the humerus. Which nerve is most likely to be injured?
2. Which structure passes through the foramen magnum?
3. The thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle is best characterised by which property?
1. The nerve injured in a fracture of the surgical neck of the humerus is the ___ nerve.
Hint: Its sensory loss is over the regimental badge area.
2. The phrenic nerve arises from spinal roots C3, C4 and ___.
Hint: Three, four, five keeps the diaphragm alive.
3. The thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle reabsorbs sodium and chloride but is impermeable to ___.
Hint: This is why the tubular fluid leaving it is dilute.
