Chapter·AnatomyLymphatic drainage pathways

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A 34-year-old patient presents with severe pain in the right upper quadrant that radiates to the right shoulder. During laparoscopic cholecystectomy, which of the following anatomical spaces must be carefully identified to prevent bile duct injury?

AForamen of Winslow

BLesser sac

CCalot's triangle

DMorrison's pouch

2

During a surgical procedure to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm, the surgeon must be careful to avoid injury to which of the following arterial structures that originates near the level of the renal vessels?

ALeft renal artery

BCeliac trunk

CRight renal artery

DSuperior mesenteric artery

3

A 32-year-old man comes to the emergency department because of a wound in his foot. Four days ago, he stepped on a nail while barefoot at the beach. Examination of the plantar surface of his right foot shows a purulent puncture wound at the base of his second toe with erythema and tenderness of the surrounding skin. The afferent lymphatic vessels from the site of the lesion drain directly into which of the following groups of regional lymph nodes?

APopliteal

BDeep inguinal

CAnterior tibial

DSuperficial inguinal

EExternal iliac

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