5/19/25, 6:28 PM NBME ANATOMY SHELF EXAM LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VE…
NBME ANATOMY SHELF EXAM LATEST
2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE ACCURATE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
(A NEW UPDATED VERSION) |GUARANTEED
PASS A+ (BRAND NEW!!) NBME ANATOMY SHELF
EXAM
Terms in this set (176)
Spinal Block -> Anesthetic (into epidural space)
Spinal Tap -> CSF extraction (into subarachnoid
Where and why are
space)W
lumbar punctures
performed?
B/W L3/L4 or L4/L5
NB: Posterior to this is cauda equina
Occurs b/w L4/L5 or L5/S1 and C5/C6 or C6/C7
Where does a herniated NB: affects lower spinal nerve #
intervertebral disk occur?
What causes it? Degeneration of annulus fibrosis followed by sudden
compression of nucleus pulposus
What is the difference b/w Retro - backwards movement of vertebral bone
retrolisthesis and
spondylolisthesis? Spondylo - forward movement of bone
What is lordosis? exaggerated Lumbar curvature
exaggerated thoracic curvature (can be seen
What is kyphosis?
w/osteoporosis)
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, 5/19/25, 6:28 PM NBME ANATOMY SHELF EXAM LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VE…
What structures will be axillary nerve and posterior humeral circumflex artery
affected by a fracture of
the surgical neck?
What structures will be radial nerve and profunda brachii artery
affected by a fracture at
midshaft of humerus?
What structures will be median nerve and brachial artery
affected by a fracture at
supracondylar region of
humerus?
Both are distal radial fractures
What are differences b/w
Smith's - flexion fracture (distal segment anterior)
Colles' and Smith's
Fractures?
Colles' - extension fracture (distal segment
posterior/dorsal) - incl. avulced ulnar styloid process
Some Lovers Try Positions That They Can't Handle
What are the carpal
bones? Scaphoid Lunate Triquetrum Pisiform Trapezium
Trapezoid Capitate Hamate
Which carpal bone is most Scaphoid
often fractured during a
fall (symptoms)? "deep tenderness in anatomical snuff box"
What is a boxer's fracture? Fracture of necks of metacarpals
Supraspinatus
What are the 4 muscles of Infraspinatus
the rotator cuff? Teres Minor
Subscapularis
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NBME ANATOMY SHELF EXAM LATEST
2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE ACCURATE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
(A NEW UPDATED VERSION) |GUARANTEED
PASS A+ (BRAND NEW!!) NBME ANATOMY SHELF
EXAM
Terms in this set (176)
Spinal Block -> Anesthetic (into epidural space)
Spinal Tap -> CSF extraction (into subarachnoid
Where and why are
space)W
lumbar punctures
performed?
B/W L3/L4 or L4/L5
NB: Posterior to this is cauda equina
Occurs b/w L4/L5 or L5/S1 and C5/C6 or C6/C7
Where does a herniated NB: affects lower spinal nerve #
intervertebral disk occur?
What causes it? Degeneration of annulus fibrosis followed by sudden
compression of nucleus pulposus
What is the difference b/w Retro - backwards movement of vertebral bone
retrolisthesis and
spondylolisthesis? Spondylo - forward movement of bone
What is lordosis? exaggerated Lumbar curvature
exaggerated thoracic curvature (can be seen
What is kyphosis?
w/osteoporosis)
-… 1/13
, 5/19/25, 6:28 PM NBME ANATOMY SHELF EXAM LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VE…
What structures will be axillary nerve and posterior humeral circumflex artery
affected by a fracture of
the surgical neck?
What structures will be radial nerve and profunda brachii artery
affected by a fracture at
midshaft of humerus?
What structures will be median nerve and brachial artery
affected by a fracture at
supracondylar region of
humerus?
Both are distal radial fractures
What are differences b/w
Smith's - flexion fracture (distal segment anterior)
Colles' and Smith's
Fractures?
Colles' - extension fracture (distal segment
posterior/dorsal) - incl. avulced ulnar styloid process
Some Lovers Try Positions That They Can't Handle
What are the carpal
bones? Scaphoid Lunate Triquetrum Pisiform Trapezium
Trapezoid Capitate Hamate
Which carpal bone is most Scaphoid
often fractured during a
fall (symptoms)? "deep tenderness in anatomical snuff box"
What is a boxer's fracture? Fracture of necks of metacarpals
Supraspinatus
What are the 4 muscles of Infraspinatus
the rotator cuff? Teres Minor
Subscapularis
-… 2/13
