ABSITE REVIEW EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS LATEST

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ABSITE REVIEW EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS LATEST 2024-2025
QUESTION: How do you differentiate on the surface between the L and R lobes of the liver? -
ANSWER-called the midplane of the liver or Cantlie line, divided by the middle hepatic vein that
extends from gallbladder fossa to IVC




QUESTION: What is the anatomic landmark to distinguish between the anterior and posterior
segments of the right lobe of the liver? - ANSWER-R portal vein




QUESTION: What is the anatomical landmark for distinguishing between the medial and lateral
segments of the left lobe of the liver? - ANSWER-round ligament at the umbilical fissure




QUESTION: If you have a posterior dislocation of the hip, what are you most likely to injure? -
ANSWER-sciatic nerve (peroneal division) injury




QUESTION: If you have a supracondylar humerus fx, what are you most likely to injure? -
ANSWER-brachial artery (may lead to Volkmann's ischemic contracture




QUESTION: If you have an anterior dislocation of the shoulder, what are you most likely to
injure? - ANSWER-axillary nerve

Where does thyroid cancer tend to mets to? - ANSWER-lung, liver and bones

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QUESTION: What primary cancers can spread to adrenal? - ANSWER--lung (most common)

-GI tract, breast, kidney, pancreas, skin (melanoma)




QUESTION: If you have a distal radius fracture, what are you most likely to injure? - ANSWER-
median nerve compression/injury




QUESTION: If you have a posterior dislocation of the knee, what are you most likely to injure? -
ANSWER-popliteal artery injury




QUESTION: What type of melanoma has the best prognosis? - ANSWER-lentigo maligna
melanoma, often in sun-exposed elderly, slow growth




QUESTION: What type of melanoma has the worst prognosis? - ANSWER-nodular melanoma-
early vertical growth




QUESTION: What does the Pringle maneuver clamp?

If that doesn't control bleeding, where might your bleeding be still coming from? - ANSWER--
Pringle: hepatic artery, portal vein

-if not: retrohepatic IVC or hepatic vein

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QUESTION: For facial nerve injuries, how do you proceed if the injury is:

-medial to the lateral canthus of the eye?

-lateral? - ANSWER--medial: facial nerve will likely recover without operative intervention, just
observe

-lateral: surgical exploration necessary within 72h of injury to reapproximate epineural layers vs
nerve interposition graft




QUESTION: CCK:

-where is it produced?

-what things stimulate its release?

-what does it do? - ANSWER--produced by I-cells of duodenum and jejunum

-released after ingestion of fat, protein, and amino acids

-inhibits proximal gastric motility and increases antral/pyloric contraction (inhibits gastric
emptying), relaxes sphincter of Oddi, stimulates gallbladder contraction, stimulates pancreatic
secretions




QUESTION: manifestations of zinc deficiency - ANSWER-failure to thrive, poor wound healing,
skin rash

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QUESTION: manifestations of selenium deficiency - ANSWER-cardiomyopathy, hypothyroid,
neurologic changes




QUESTION: manifestations of chromium deficiency - ANSWER-hyperglycemia, confusion,
peripheral neuropathy




QUESTION: manifestations of copper deficiency - ANSWER-pancytopenia, myelopathy
(neuropathy with ataxia)




QUESTION: What does IL-1 do? - ANSWER-acts on hypothalamus to cause fever




QUESTION: What does IL-2 do? - ANSWER-promotes T-lymphocyte proliferation and Ig
production




QUESTION: What does IL-4 do? - ANSWER-stimulates T-cell differentiation and B-cell activation




QUESTION: What does TNF-a do? - ANSWER--made in macrophages, monocytes, and T-cells

-released in response to injury or infection

-can cause development of cachexia by increasing catabolism and insulin resistance