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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?

For most people, in which hemisphere is the general interpretive center for language and mathematical calculation found?

A 44 year old male, with a history of hypertriglyceridemia, presents to the emergency department with a complaint of severe abdominal pain.  He describes the pain as severe, and it radiates to the back.  He also admits to nausea and vomiting.  Exam reveals tenderness to palpation throughout the abdomen, but is severe at the epigastric region.  Labs demonstrate lymphocytosis and an elevated lipase.  What is the most likely diagnosis?

If the afferent arteriole vasodilates, what happens to the glomerular filtration rate?

From which spinal cord segments does the typically brachial plexus originate?

A head-on collision results in a 47 year old female being pinned in a car.  This crush injury results in multiple vertebral column fractures and spinal cord swelling.  As a result of the spinal cord swelling, which structure is compressed between the dura and the vertebral bodies?

A 16 year old male is an unrestrained driver in a high speed motor vehicle accident.  Besides pain across his left anterior chest from the seatbelt, he complains of severe right wrist pain and numbness of his hand.  Exam demonstrates a limited range of motion of the right wrist and decreased sensation of the palm and first three digits.  X-rays demonstrate a volar dislocation of the lunate.  Entrapment of which structure is likely causing this patient’s symptoms?

Which of the following areas of the shoulder complex has the least amount of ligamentous support?

An insulin-dependent diabetic presents to the ER in sepsis due to a calcaneal diabetic ulcer.  The physician assistant working with the patient diagnoses him with wet gangrene. What is the pathophysiology behind gangrene?