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1. Patient: 52-year-old white male.
Facial Nerve (CN
Chief complaint: "Suddenly I can't move half my face
VII)
or close my eye and my ear is ringing! Everything
has less taste. My mouth is a little dry."
Background/or patient history: Not applicable.
Current Findings: Symptoms appeared suddenly.
Fa- cial paralysis on the left half of the face,
including the forehead. The patient has tenderness
posterior to his left ear. Eyes are moist.

Which nerve do you suspect has a lesion?
A. Facial Nerve (CN VII)
B. Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)
C. Vagus Nerve (CN X)
D.Trigeminal Nerve (CN V)

2. Patient: 52-year-old white male.
Chief complaint: "Suddenly I can't move half my face the
or close my eye and my ear is ringing! Everything stylomastoid
has less taste. My mouth is a little dry." foramen and
Background/or patient history: Not applicable. pass- es
Current Findings: Symptoms appeared suddenly. through the
Fa- cial paralysis on the left half of the face, parotid gland.
including the forehead. The patient has tenderness
posterior to his left ear. Eyes are moist.

The nerve in question exits the skull through:
A. formen ovale and passes deep to the parotid
gland.
B. the stylomastoid foramen and passes through
the parotid gland.
C. through the external acoustic meatus and
passes through the parotid gland.
D. the jugular foramen and passes superficial to
the parotid gland.

3. Patient: 52-year-old white male.
Chief complaint: "Suddenly I can't move half my face
or close my eye and my ear is ringing! Everything 2
has less taste. My mouth is a little dry."
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Background/or patient history: Not applicable.
Current Findings: Symptoms appeared suddenly.
Fa- cial paralysis on the left half of the face,
including the forehead. The patient has tenderness
posterior to his left ear. Eyes are moist.

What is the location of the lesion? (look at image)
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

4. Patient: 52-year-old white male. Chorda tympani
Chief complaint: "Suddenly I can't move half my face
or close my eye and my ear is ringing! Everything
has less taste. My mouth is a little dry."
Background/or patient history: Not applicable.
Current Findings: Symptoms appeared suddenly.
Fa- cial paralysis on the left half of the face,
including the forehead. The patient has tenderness
posterior to his left ear. Eyes are moist.

Which nerve is responsible for the patients loss of
taste?
A. Chorda tympani
B. Greater petrosal nerve
C. Glossopharyngeal nerve
D. Vagus nerve
C. Inflammation and

5. Which choice shows the stages of bone healing in
the correct order? Inflammation
and hematoma,
A. Hematoma, Soft callus, Hard callus, Soft callus, Hard
Inflammation, Remodeling callus,
B. Hematoma, Soft callus, Remodeling, Hard callus Remodeling
C. Inflammation and hematoma, Soft callus, Hard
cal- lus, Remodeling
D. Inflammation and hematoma, Hard callus, Soft cal-

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lus, Remodeling
E. Inflammation, Endochondral ossification, Soft
cal- lus, Hard callus

6. Immediately after the accident, your patient's Tissue factor,
blood needed to clot at the side of injured blood Pro- thrombin,
vessels. The sequence of chemicals that are Throm- bin,
involved in the process of clot formation is: Fibrinogen,
Fibrin
A. Thrombin, Prothrombin, Fibrinogen, Tissue
factor, Fibrin
B. Fibrin, Prothrombin, Thrombin, Fibrinogen,
Tissue factor
C. Tissue factor, Prothrombin, Thrombin,
Fibrinogen, Fibrin
D. Fibrinogen, Prothrombin, Thrombin, Tissue
factor, Fibrin
E. Prothrombin, Tissue factor, Fibrin, Thrombin,
Fib- rinogen

7. Patient: 23-year-old Caucasian woman
Chief complaint: "My jaw feels a lot better than it did
First
the last time I was here - I hope it's healing ok."
Background/or patient history: The patient was in a
motor vehicle accident 2 months ago, in which she
fractured the body of her mandible.
Current Findings: Radiographs show that the
healing of the fracture is progressing well, with no
signs of infection. However, the patient still
complains of pain in the area of the fracture.

From which branchial arch is the fractured bone de-
rived?
A. Second
B. First
C. Third
D. Fourth
E. Fifth


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