Anatomy practice questions

A 22-year-old man is struck in the left lower chest by a cricket ball. Two hours later he has constant pain at the tip of the left shoulder, worse when he lies…

A 62-year-old man has had 4 months of worsening constipation with cramping pain that comes in waves and eases after a few minutes; he cannot point to one spot w…

A 71-year-old woman has coughed violently for 3 weeks. Yesterday, during a bout of coughing, she felt sudden tearing pain in the right lower abdomen and now has…

A 19-year-old man has had 20 hours of pain that began around the umbilicus and has settled in the right lower abdomen, with anorexia and a temperature of 37.9 C…

A 58-year-old builder has noticed a bulge in the right groin over 6 months. It appears when he coughs or lifts and disappears when he lies down. On standing, th…

A 27-year-old man had an intercostal catheter inserted through the fifth intercostal space in the midaxillary line after a crush injury to the chest. Two weeks…

A 68-year-old man has become breathless over three weeks. He is examined sitting upright, and the right side of his chest expands less than the left. Bedside ul…

A 26-year-old man is referred after a harsh systolic murmur is heard at a pre-season sports medical. He has no symptoms and plays club football. Echocardiograph…

A 52-year-old woman has had two months of numbness over the right forehead, the right upper eyelid and the tip of her nose, with a gritty feeling in the right e…

A 44-year-old man has had drooping of the right side of his face for three days. He drools from the right corner of his mouth, the right nasolabial fold is flat…

A 44-year-old man has had 18 months of worsening hearing on the left with constant ringing in that ear. He still follows conversation in a quiet room but cannot…

A 58-year-old man has sudden vertigo and a hoarse voice, and chokes when he drinks. The palate elevates to the right and there is no gag response when the left…