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A 30-year-old female is admitted to the ER after an automobile accident in which she sustained trauma to the right side of the neck in the region of the thoracic outlet.  Physical examination reveals slight ptosis onthe right with pupillary constriction (miosis) and anhydrosis (loss of sweating) on the face.  Which of the following structures is most likely affected by the trauma?  

Damage to the femoral nerve would most critically affect which of the following actions?  

Which statement regarding hernias is CORRECT?  

Upon examination, your patient has a loss of gag reflex with a Uvula deviation to the right side. The taste in the posterior 1/3 of the tongue is preserved. Which cranial nerve do you suspect for palsy?   

Which statement regarding the anterior abdominal wall is TRUE?  

The “danger area” of the face is so defined because infection from that area may spread via venous blood to intracranial venous sinuses.  Which one of the following connecting veins will bring an infection directly from the angular branch of the facial vein that lies in this “danger area” to the cavernous sinus?    

Which of the following statements concerning the lungs or pleura is CORRECT?  

Which muscles are responsible for wrist adduction?  

A 33 year old female falls on an outstretched hand and has a fracture of the scaphoid bone. The fracture is most likely accompanied by a rupture of which of the following arteries?

A 49 year old woman is diagnosed as having a cancerous lump in her right breast. Lymph from this lesion primarily drains into which of the following nodes?