NBME Anatomy Shelf exam questions
with answers
Where does the needle enter in a LP? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Subarachnoid space
What level is LP performed at? What is a good landmark?
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔L3/L4 or L4/L5. Iliac crests
What nerve root do herniated IV discs involve? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Lumbar region -- one below!
Kyphosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Exaggerated thoracic
curvature
Lordosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Exaggerated lumbar
curvature
What nerve/artery can be involved in a surgical humeral
neck fx? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Axillary n
Posterior humeral circumflex a
,What nerve/artery can be involved in a midshaft humerus
fracture? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Radial n
Profunda brachii a
What nerve/artery can be involved in a supracondylar
humerus fx? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Median n
Brachial a
What nerve can be involved in a medial epicondyle
humerus fx? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ulnar n
Smith's fracture - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Fall or blow on
dorsal aspect of flexed wrist
Ventral angulation
Distal fragment is anteriorly displaced
Colles' fracture - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Forced extension
of hand
Distal fragment is displaced dorsally
Dinner fork deformity
When does scaphoid fracture occur? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Fall onto palm with hand abducted
,What are the rotator cuff muscles? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Supraspinatus
Infraspinatus
Teres minor
Subscapularis
What performs first 15 degrees of abduction of upper
limb? What n associated? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Supraspinatus
Suprascapular n
What performs 15-110 degrees of abduction? What n
associated? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Deltoid
Axillary n
What performs 110-180 degrees of abduction? What n is
associated? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Trapezius --
accessory n
Serratus anterior -- long thoracic n
What frequently causes subacromial bursitis? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Calcific supraspinatus tendinitis
Painful abduction
, Golfer's elbow - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔MEDIAL
epicondylitis
Inflammation of the common FLEXOR tendon of the wrist
where it originates on the medial epicondyle of the
humerus
Tennis elbow - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔LATERAL
epicondylitis
Repeated forceful flex/exTENsion of wrist
Strain attachment of common EXTENSOR tendon and
inflammation of periosteum of lateral epicondyle
What arteries form anastomoses that can help bypass a
blockage of subclavian or axillary artery? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Branches of thyrocervical and subscapular
aa:
-transverse cervical a
-suprascapular a
-subscapular a
-circumflex scapular a
Contents of AC fossa (lateral to medial)
Subcutaneous structures (lateral to medial) - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔CONTENTS:
with answers
Where does the needle enter in a LP? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Subarachnoid space
What level is LP performed at? What is a good landmark?
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔L3/L4 or L4/L5. Iliac crests
What nerve root do herniated IV discs involve? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Lumbar region -- one below!
Kyphosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Exaggerated thoracic
curvature
Lordosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Exaggerated lumbar
curvature
What nerve/artery can be involved in a surgical humeral
neck fx? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Axillary n
Posterior humeral circumflex a
,What nerve/artery can be involved in a midshaft humerus
fracture? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Radial n
Profunda brachii a
What nerve/artery can be involved in a supracondylar
humerus fx? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Median n
Brachial a
What nerve can be involved in a medial epicondyle
humerus fx? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ulnar n
Smith's fracture - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Fall or blow on
dorsal aspect of flexed wrist
Ventral angulation
Distal fragment is anteriorly displaced
Colles' fracture - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Forced extension
of hand
Distal fragment is displaced dorsally
Dinner fork deformity
When does scaphoid fracture occur? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Fall onto palm with hand abducted
,What are the rotator cuff muscles? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Supraspinatus
Infraspinatus
Teres minor
Subscapularis
What performs first 15 degrees of abduction of upper
limb? What n associated? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Supraspinatus
Suprascapular n
What performs 15-110 degrees of abduction? What n
associated? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Deltoid
Axillary n
What performs 110-180 degrees of abduction? What n is
associated? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Trapezius --
accessory n
Serratus anterior -- long thoracic n
What frequently causes subacromial bursitis? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Calcific supraspinatus tendinitis
Painful abduction
, Golfer's elbow - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔MEDIAL
epicondylitis
Inflammation of the common FLEXOR tendon of the wrist
where it originates on the medial epicondyle of the
humerus
Tennis elbow - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔LATERAL
epicondylitis
Repeated forceful flex/exTENsion of wrist
Strain attachment of common EXTENSOR tendon and
inflammation of periosteum of lateral epicondyle
What arteries form anastomoses that can help bypass a
blockage of subclavian or axillary artery? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Branches of thyrocervical and subscapular
aa:
-transverse cervical a
-suprascapular a
-subscapular a
-circumflex scapular a
Contents of AC fossa (lateral to medial)
Subcutaneous structures (lateral to medial) - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔CONTENTS:
