Extremities and Spine
Questions
DIRECTIONS: Each item below contains a question or incomplete
statement followed by suggested responses. Select the one bestresponse to
each question.451.The scapula has nodirect attachment to the axial skeleton. During
development, the scapula is formed by which of the following?
a. Splanchnic lateral plate mesoderm
b. Neural crest cells
c. Axial mesoderm
d. Somatic lateral plate mesoderm
e. Somitic mesoderm452.Innervation to the rotator cuff muscle that medially rotates the arm is
provided by which of the following?
a. Axillary nerve
b. Suprascapular nerve
c. Thoracodorsal nerve
d. Upper and lower subscapular nerves453.A 47-year-old radiology professor suddenly notices that he can no
longer hit his normal three-point shot in basketball on his driveway. He
reports to your office where you obtain from his history that he has been
suffering some mild neck pain of 6 weeks’ duration with right arm pain
down the back of his right arm and extending to the dorsal surface of his
hand, including his middle finger. He has diminished ability to do pushups
and you note diminished triceps tendon reflex on the right side only. You
order which of the following because you are concerned he has herniated
which intervertebral disk?
a. Lateral x-ray; C6–C7
b. Cervical MRI, C6–C7
c. Cervical MRI, C8–T1
d. CT; C5–C6
e. CT; C8–T1559Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click here for terms of use.