Anatomy NBME exam practice questions
with correct answers
Space from which epidural anesthesia and lumbar function are
performed (depth) - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Subarachnoid
space
Vertebral level at epidural anesthesia and lumbar puncture are
performed - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔L3/L4 (or L4/L5)
Level at which the spinal cord ends - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔L2
Level to which the dural sac extends - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔S2
Nerve root compressed by herniated lumbar disk - 🔰CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔One level below (e.g. L4/L5 compresses L5)
Consequence of Lumbar herniation - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS
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,✔✔Decrease in lower limb reflexes
What causes lordosis - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pregnancy,
spondylolisthesis, Potbelly
What causes Scoliosis - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Poliomyelitis,
Leg length discrepancy, Hip disease
What causes Kyphosis - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Osteoporosis, disk degeneration
Consequence of fracture of Surgical neck of Humerus - 🔰
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Axillary nerve
Consequence of fracture of midshaft of Humerus - 🔰CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Radial nerve and origin of brachialis muscle
Consequence of fracture of supracondylar region of Humerus - 🔰
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Median nerve and brachial artery
Consequence of fracture of medial epicondyle of Humerus - 🔰
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,CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ulnar nerve
Smith's fracture - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Blow to dorsal
aspect of flexed wrist causing anterior displacement of radius
Coles' fracture - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Force extension of
hand (breaking a fall) causing dorsal displacement of distal radius
and avulsed ulnar styloid process
Synonym of Colle's fracture - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Dinner
fork deformity
Cause of scaphoid fracture - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Fall onto
palm when hand is abducted
Signs of scaphoid fracture - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pain on
lateral side of wrist during extension and abduction, deep
tenderness of anatomical snuffbox
Boxer's fracture - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Fracture of neck of
metacarpal's : 2nd and 3rd for professionals, 4th and 5th for
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, unskilled
Cause of Mallet finger - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hyperflexion
of DIP joint
Result of mallet finger - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Inability to
extend DIP joint due to avulsion of extensor digitorum tendon to
the base of the distal phalanx
Region of shoulder joint where dislocation is most probable and
reason - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Inferiorly due to the absence
of rotator cuff tendon
Synonym of Mallet Finger - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Baseball
finger
Muscle that abducts upper limb from 0-15 degrees and nerve - 🔰
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Supraspinatus, Suprascapular nerve
Muscle that abducts upper limb from 15 - 110 degrees and nerve -
🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Deltoid, Axillary nerve
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with correct answers
Space from which epidural anesthesia and lumbar function are
performed (depth) - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Subarachnoid
space
Vertebral level at epidural anesthesia and lumbar puncture are
performed - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔L3/L4 (or L4/L5)
Level at which the spinal cord ends - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔L2
Level to which the dural sac extends - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔S2
Nerve root compressed by herniated lumbar disk - 🔰CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔One level below (e.g. L4/L5 compresses L5)
Consequence of Lumbar herniation - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS
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,✔✔Decrease in lower limb reflexes
What causes lordosis - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pregnancy,
spondylolisthesis, Potbelly
What causes Scoliosis - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Poliomyelitis,
Leg length discrepancy, Hip disease
What causes Kyphosis - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Osteoporosis, disk degeneration
Consequence of fracture of Surgical neck of Humerus - 🔰
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Axillary nerve
Consequence of fracture of midshaft of Humerus - 🔰CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Radial nerve and origin of brachialis muscle
Consequence of fracture of supracondylar region of Humerus - 🔰
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Median nerve and brachial artery
Consequence of fracture of medial epicondyle of Humerus - 🔰
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,CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ulnar nerve
Smith's fracture - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Blow to dorsal
aspect of flexed wrist causing anterior displacement of radius
Coles' fracture - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Force extension of
hand (breaking a fall) causing dorsal displacement of distal radius
and avulsed ulnar styloid process
Synonym of Colle's fracture - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Dinner
fork deformity
Cause of scaphoid fracture - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Fall onto
palm when hand is abducted
Signs of scaphoid fracture - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Pain on
lateral side of wrist during extension and abduction, deep
tenderness of anatomical snuffbox
Boxer's fracture - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Fracture of neck of
metacarpal's : 2nd and 3rd for professionals, 4th and 5th for
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, unskilled
Cause of Mallet finger - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hyperflexion
of DIP joint
Result of mallet finger - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Inability to
extend DIP joint due to avulsion of extensor digitorum tendon to
the base of the distal phalanx
Region of shoulder joint where dislocation is most probable and
reason - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Inferiorly due to the absence
of rotator cuff tendon
Synonym of Mallet Finger - 🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Baseball
finger
Muscle that abducts upper limb from 0-15 degrees and nerve - 🔰
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Supraspinatus, Suprascapular nerve
Muscle that abducts upper limb from 15 - 110 degrees and nerve -
🔰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Deltoid, Axillary nerve
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