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A 32 year old male, with a history of anaphylaxis (severe allergic reaction) secondary to beestings, is stung multiple times while cleaning his gutters.  He gives himself an EpiPen (epinephrine) injection to combat possible anaphylaxis.  What would this epinephrine do to his heart?

In which direction does the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve shift, if PCO2 levels drop?

After a bad hockey check, a 28 year old male presents to his primary care physician with his right pupil constricted, his right eyelid drooping, and the inability to sweat on the right side of his face.  Which division of the autonomic nervous system was injured?

Which organ produces albumin, the main protein responsible for maintaining oncotic pressure?

A patient is diagnosed with hypocalcemia.  What would you expect her phosphate levels to look like?

A 45 year old male, with a history of cocaine abuse and cigarette smoking, presents with extreme weakness in his bilateral lower extremities.  An angiogram demonstrates a thrombosis in a vessel supplying 2/3 of the spinal cord.  Which vessel(s) was / were blocked leading to the spinal cord ischemia?

A 23 year old male is shot in the back.  The entrance wound compromises the spinal accessory nerve.  Which of the following muscles may be paralyzed as a result of the gunshot?

A 3 year old male presents to the urgent care holding his left upper extremity close to his body.  His mother states she yanked his hand, as he tried to run across a busy parking lot.  Now the toddler is refusing to pronate his left forearm.  Where did the subluxation occur?

A 56 year old patient recently suffered an MI at the apex of the heart.  Where was the arterial occlusion?

A toddler chokes on a dime.  If the coin lodged in the most likely location for aspiration, where would it be visualized on a chest x-ray?