NBDE Part I Anatomy UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
innervation of thenar muscles - CORRECT ANSWER - median nerve
when yawning which ligament tightens up and the condyle stays in fossa - CORRECT
ANSWER - lateral (TMJ) ligament
where does deep facial nerve drain into - CORRECT ANSWER - pterygoid venous plexus
tongue moves to the right inddicates - CORRECT ANSWER - damage to right CN XII
bronchiomeric nerves coem from where - CORRECT ANSWER - CN 5,7.9.10
what keeps corpus luteum intact - CORRECT ANSWER - hCG
what is transverse colon innervated by - CORRECT ANSWER - vagus nerve
serousdemilunes found in which glands - CORRECT ANSWER - sublingual
branches of external carotid - CORRECT ANSWER - superior thyroid, lingual, facial,
occipital, post auricular, maxillary, superficial temporal
patient one day after extraction of max 3rd molar came with hematoma, what is the cause of
hematoma - CORRECT ANSWER - needle penetrated pterygoid venous plexus
what is the cause of half facial paralysis after inferior alveolar nerve block - CORRECT
ANSWER - injection into parotid gland
, which nerve innervates soft palate - CORRECT ANSWER - lesser palantine(sensory),
vagus(motor)
lymph of anterior mandibular teeth drain to where - CORRECT ANSWER - submental
anterior cerebral artery supplies what lobe - CORRECT ANSWER - frontal and parietal
lobe
which endocrine gland is not essential - CORRECT ANSWER - adrenal medulla
ligament arteriosum is a remnant of what embryological structure - CORRECT
ANSWER - fetal left ductus arteriosus
what does the ductus arteriosus connect? - CORRECT ANSWER - pulmonary artery to
aorta (bypass lungs)
what does the ductus arteriosus become in an adult - CORRECT ANSWER - ligamentum
arteriosum
esophagus begins at what level - CORRECT ANSWER - cricoid cartilage -C6
organs and cells make estrogen - CORRECT ANSWER - graafian follicle, corpus luteum,
adrenal cortex, theca interna
what organ does not make estrogen - CORRECT ANSWER - adrenal medulla( makes
catecholamines)
what nerve goes with ligamentum arteriosum - CORRECT ANSWER - left recurrent
laryngeal nerve
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
innervation of thenar muscles - CORRECT ANSWER - median nerve
when yawning which ligament tightens up and the condyle stays in fossa - CORRECT
ANSWER - lateral (TMJ) ligament
where does deep facial nerve drain into - CORRECT ANSWER - pterygoid venous plexus
tongue moves to the right inddicates - CORRECT ANSWER - damage to right CN XII
bronchiomeric nerves coem from where - CORRECT ANSWER - CN 5,7.9.10
what keeps corpus luteum intact - CORRECT ANSWER - hCG
what is transverse colon innervated by - CORRECT ANSWER - vagus nerve
serousdemilunes found in which glands - CORRECT ANSWER - sublingual
branches of external carotid - CORRECT ANSWER - superior thyroid, lingual, facial,
occipital, post auricular, maxillary, superficial temporal
patient one day after extraction of max 3rd molar came with hematoma, what is the cause of
hematoma - CORRECT ANSWER - needle penetrated pterygoid venous plexus
what is the cause of half facial paralysis after inferior alveolar nerve block - CORRECT
ANSWER - injection into parotid gland
, which nerve innervates soft palate - CORRECT ANSWER - lesser palantine(sensory),
vagus(motor)
lymph of anterior mandibular teeth drain to where - CORRECT ANSWER - submental
anterior cerebral artery supplies what lobe - CORRECT ANSWER - frontal and parietal
lobe
which endocrine gland is not essential - CORRECT ANSWER - adrenal medulla
ligament arteriosum is a remnant of what embryological structure - CORRECT
ANSWER - fetal left ductus arteriosus
what does the ductus arteriosus connect? - CORRECT ANSWER - pulmonary artery to
aorta (bypass lungs)
what does the ductus arteriosus become in an adult - CORRECT ANSWER - ligamentum
arteriosum
esophagus begins at what level - CORRECT ANSWER - cricoid cartilage -C6
organs and cells make estrogen - CORRECT ANSWER - graafian follicle, corpus luteum,
adrenal cortex, theca interna
what organ does not make estrogen - CORRECT ANSWER - adrenal medulla( makes
catecholamines)
what nerve goes with ligamentum arteriosum - CORRECT ANSWER - left recurrent
laryngeal nerve
