Surface Anatomy of the Back — MCQs

Which of the following movements is least permitted in the lumbar region of the vertebral column?

After a 26-year-old man's car was sideswiped by a large truck, he is brought to the emergency department with multiple fractures of the transverse processes of the cervical and upper thoracic vertebrae. Which of the following muscles might be affected?

All of the following form the boundary of MacEwen's triangle except:

A 25-year-old man presents to the emergency department after falling onto an outstretched hand while playing cricket. He has tenderness in the anatomical snuffbox and pain with axial loading of the thumb. What is the most likely diagnosis based on the X-ray findings?

Which of the following conditions is least likely to cause posterior scalloping of the vertebrae?

A patient presents with pneumothorax on chest x-ray. Which of the following is NOT a boundary of the triangle of safety for intercostal chest drain (ICD) insertion?

Which bone connects the sternum to the scapula?

Highest point of iliac crest is seen at?

Name the muscles being used in climbing a tree as shown in the figure.

In a diving accident that severed the spinal cord below the sixth cervical vertebra, which of the following muscles would be affected?