NBME ANATOMY EXAM NEW ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS UPDATED 2026/2027 | 100% GUARANTEED PASS.

NBME ANATOMY EXAM NEW ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS UPDATED 2026/2027 | 100% GUARANTEED PASS. What is a blow-out fracture and what structures are affected - correct answer -Fracture of the inferior orbital floor (not the rim) where content of orbit blow out into the maxillary sinuses; Inferior rectus, infraorbital nerve (V2) and infraorbital artery are affected What are Staghorn calculi - correct answer -Calculi that form in the pelvis and major calices of the kidney, made of magnesium ammonium phosphate Why do Staghorn calculi form - correct answer -Infection by Proteus mirabilis leading to increase in urine pH (7.2) Difference between right and left renal vein - correct answer -Left renal vein is longer and Left suprarenal vein and left gonadal vein drain into it, while right renal vein is shorter and left suprarenal and gonadal veins drain directly into the IVC Page | 2 What may cause varicocele - correct answer -Kidney disease or retroperitoneal malignancy that obstructs the testicular vein How to diagnose hydrocele - correct answer -Trans illumination of the scrotum produces a reddish glow as opposed to hematocoele, solid tumor, or herniated bowel Possible complication of esophageal portohepatic anastomosis - correct answer -Esophageal varices resulting in hematemesis Possible complication of Umbilical anastomosis - correct answer - Caput medussae Consequence of ethmoiditis - correct answer -Erosion of medial wall of eye -> orbital cellulites -> erosion of structures related to medial rectus, superior oblique, and nasocilliary nerve Sensory innervation of tongue - correct answer -Taste ant 2/3 Chorda tympani (VII), General anterior Lingual nerve (V), Posterior 1/3 Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX) Page | 3 Afferent and efferent limb of gag reflex - correct answer -Afferent: IX, Efferent: X SLIDE 202 - correct answer -SLIDE 202 Blood supply, lymphatic drainage and innervation of palatine tonsils - correct answer -Blood: Tonsillar branch of facial artery; Lymph: Jugulodigastric, Innervation: CNIX and X Most frequently enlarged lymph node of body - correct answer - Jugulodigastric SLIDE 208 - correct answer -SLIDE 208 Oculomotor nerve palsy signs - correct answer -Ptosis, Mydriasis, Eye is fully depressed and abducted Trochlear nerve palsy signs - correct answer -Inability to turn affected eye infero-medially, diplopia when looking down Page | 4 Abducent nerve palsy signs - correct answer -Inability to abduct affected eye, which is adducted due to unopposed medial rectus Fibers affected in Horner syndrome - correct answer - Preganglionic sympathetic fibers anywhere between the origin at T1 (IML) and superior cervical ganglion Complications due to otitis media depending on where the infection spreads - correct answer -Posteriorly -> mastoiditis, To middle cranial fossa -> meningitis, Through the floor -> sigmoid sinus thrombosis Blood vessel in proximity to thyroid - correct answer -Common carotid Synonym of false vocal folds - correct answer -Vestibular folds Name of region between true vocal folds, and that between false vocal folds - correct answer -Between false: Rima vestibuli; Between true (and vocal processes of arytenoid posteriorly): Rima glotidis Page | 5 Most narrow place in larynx - correct answer -Rima Glotidis Vocal field abduction and innervation - correct answer -Posterior cricoarytenoid, Recurrent laryngeal (X) Location for cricothyrotomy - correct answer -Just below thyroid cartilage or through the cricothyroid membrane Symptoms of Otitis media - correct answer -Diminished hearing, Altered taste due to affection of chorda tympani