Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What does the posterior longitudinal ligament become closer to the craniovertebral joints?
a) anterior longitudinal ligament
b) tectorial membrane
c) anterior Atlantoaxial-axial membrane
d) anterior Atlantoaxial-occipital membrane - CORRECT ANSWER -B
Where does the trachea begin?
a) sternal angle
b) sternal notch
c) lower border of the cricoid cartilage of the larynx
d) at the level of C4 - CORRECT ANSWER -C
What is the most superficial structure in relation to the trachea anteriorly?
a) manubrium sterni
b) thymus
c) arch of aorta
d) origin of sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscle - CORRECT ANSWER -A
What is on the right side of the trachea?
a) arch of aorta
b) arch of azygos
c) left common carotid
d) left recurrent laryngeal nerve - CORRECT ANSWER -B
What is the nerve supply of the visceral pleurae?
, a) somatic nerve
b) vagus nerve
c) sympathetic trunk
d) anterior and posterior pulmonary plexuses - CORRECT ANSWER -D
What is not a blood supply of the parietal pleura?
a) musculophrenic
b) internal thoracic
c) bronchial
d) intercostals - CORRECT ANSWER -C
In hydrothorax, what is the pleural cavity filled with?
a) air
b) puss
c) blood
d) fluid - CORRECT ANSWER -D
What is the most medial structure lying in front of the neck of the first rib?
a) ventral rams of the first thoracic spinal nerve
b) stellate ganglion
c) superior intercostal vessels
d) thoracic duct - CORRECT ANSWER -B
What is not part of the root of the lung?
a) thoracic duct
b) pulmonary vessels
c) bronchial vessels
d) principal bronchus - CORRECT ANSWER -A