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Question : Where does thyroid cancer tend to mets to?
Correct answer: lung, liver and bones
Question : What primary cancers can spread to adrenal?
Correct answer: -lung (most common)
-GI tract, breast, kidney, pancreas, skin (melanoma)
Question : How do you differentiate on the surface between the
L and R lobes of the liver?
Correct 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?
Correct answer: R portal vein
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Question : What is the anatomical landmark for distinguishing
between the medial and lateral segments of the left lobe of the liver?
Correct answer: round ligament at the umbilical fissure
Question : If you have a posterior dislocation of the hip, what
are you most likely to injure?
Correct answer: sciatic nerve (peroneal division) injury
Question : If you have a supracondylar humerus fx, what are
you most likely to injure?
Correct 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?
Correct answer: axillary nerve
Question : If you have a distal radius fracture, what are you most
likely to injure?
Correct answer: median nerve compression/injury
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Question : If you have a posterior dislocation of the knee, what
are you most likely to injure?
Correct answer: popliteal artery injury
Question : What type of melanoma has the best prognosis?
Correct answer: lentigo maligna melanoma, often in sun-
exposed elderly, slow growth
Question : What type of melanoma has the worst prognosis?
Correct 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?Correct answer: -Pringle: hepatic artery, portal vein
-if not: retrohepatic IVC or hepatic vein
Question : For facial nerve injuries, how do you proceed if the
injury is:
-medial to the lateral canthus of the eye?
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-lateral?Correct 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?
Correct 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