Applied Anatomy and Clinical Correlations — MCQs

What is the lower limit of the retropharyngeal space?

Which muscle divides the neck into anterior and posterior triangles?

Which of the following carcinomas commonly presents with neck nodes?

Which part of the internal carotid artery does not give any branches?

A resident at the emergency department is preparing for a lumbar puncture in a 26 years old female with suspected subarachnoid bleeding. Although she presented with altered sensorium, CT brain was found to be normal. During LP, which structure is pierced after the spinal needle crosses interspinous ligament?

Which nerve is most likely injured during a thyroidectomy?

Most common nerve injured in ligation of inferior thyroid artery

Which of the following area is marked in the histology of lymph node? (AIIMS May 2017)

A neonate is noted at birth to have a small jaw, cleft palate, and glossoptosis causing airway obstruction. A clinical geneticist suspects a defect in neural crest cell migration into a specific pharyngeal arch during the fourth week of embryonic development. The cartilaginous element of the affected arch that normally forms two specific middle ear ossicles is which of the following?

Contents of the suboccipital triangle are formed by all of the following structures, EXCEPT?