Arab Orthopaedic Board MCQs - Part 7

A metabolic disorder that results in abnormal reflexes, would be:

The superficial reflexes are mediated by the:

The superficial cremasteric reflex is mediated by which of the following nerve roots:

The “anal wink” is used to assess which of the following nerves:

Upper motor neuron (corticospinal tract) lesions should be suspected in all the following tests except:

A foraminal closing test is performed by:

The “Spurling sign” is elicited by:

When a patient gets relief by placing the affected extremity behind the head, is known as:

The Fajersztajn sign (crossed straight leg raising test is positive when the patient has:

Fill out the names of the branches in the Brachial plexus below:

Fill out the names of the sensory branches to various areas of the upper extremity from the brachial plexus:

Indicate the neurologic level, reflex and motor supply at each level:

Insert the major nerve to the region within the blocks below:

Which is more safer to do cross a transverse incision at right angles or run a longitudinal incision to an already longitudinal incision, leaving a gap of:

During a total knee arthroplasty, what could possibly happen locally when the anesthesia is unstable without a complete motor block:

Which of the following situations, is most feasible to have a subvastus approach while performing a Total Knee Arthroplasty?

On resection of the articular portion of the patella in a Total Knee Arthroplasty, too much was resected resulting in a thickness less than 15mm. What could this lead most to:

The problem that results from extending a posterior lumbar fusion to the sacrum, would be:

A Smith Peterson osteotomy of the spine is best performed where:

What type of osteotomy of the spine is performed, shown in the figure below:

Which of the following osteotomies of the spine provides the maximum amount of correction of a deformity

In Brucellosis after the initial illness, which may last for several days to weeks, relapse occurs in approximately in what % of patients?

The Brucellar infection, originates within which portion of the vertebra

The most common location for Brucellar infection to occur in the spine, would be:

The posterior spinal arch is involved in what percent of cases of tuberculosis

Which of the following conditions is most commonly associated with caseation beneath the anterior longitudinal ligament?

1-[ ] Which of the following is most important, which when divided or resected would allow maximum seating of the femoral head within the acetabulum, following reduction of a high riding DDH:

The motion segment, or functional spinal unit of the spine, comprises:

The majority of vertical compressive loads on the spine is received by:

The horizontal trabeculae within the vertebral body:

The function of the endplate is to:

Which of the following structures allows the transfer of water and solutes but prevents the loss of large proteoglycan molecules from the disc:

Which of the following structures is considered as the weak link in maintaining vertebral body integrity:

Which of the following types of collagen is present within the deeper portion of the anulus fibrosus:

The stress in the anulus fibers is approximately how many times the applied stress in the nucleus:

“Stress profilometry” is when:

Posterior disc bulging is greatest during:

The type of collagen involved in ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the cervical spine would be:

Up to 50% of Caucasian patients with OPLL also have:

The Finger Escape sign is most often associated with:

The Romberg test when positive is suggestive of:

Which of the A pully”s of the flexor tendon sheath, lies at the level of the Metacarpophalangeal Joint:

The lateral epicondyle is the originator of which of the following muscles:

The golfer’s elbow is known to occur in the:

The biceps tendon is known to insert on the:

Which of the following bones about the elbow is most involved with elbow instability following trauma:

The Popeye arm is known to occur in a rupture of which of the following tendons:

The strongest supinator of the forearm is:

Which of the following muscles is not innervated by the ulnar nerve:

As the radial nerve divides in two parts as it reaches the elbow, which of the following is the branch that pierces the supinator muscle: