Top 150+ Solved Upper Limb MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Which of the following pierce the medial intermuscular septum of the arm?
a. medial cutaneous nerve of the arm
b. ulnar nerve
c. median nerve
d. basilic nerve
e. profunda brachii artery
Q. Which of the following DOES NOT arise, in part, from the lateral intermuscular septum of the arm?
a. brachioradialis
b. extensor carpi radialis longus
c. brachials
d. medial head of triceps brachii
e. none of the above arise from the lateral intermuscular septum of the arm
Q. Which of the following DOES NOT contribute to the innervation of the elbow joint?
a. radial nerve
b. ulnar nerve
c. median nerve
d. musculocutaneous nerve
e. medial cutaneous nerve of the arm
Q. Regarding the axilla:
a. the posterior wall consists of subscapularis and teres minor
b. the medial wall is formed by serratus anterior down to the 6th intercostal space
c. the apex communicates directly with the posterior triangle of the neck
d. coracobrachialis forms part of the anterior wall
e. the axillary artery is generally described as having eight branches
Q. The largest branch of the axillary artery is:
a. superior thoracic artery
b. thoracoacromial artery
c. lateral thoracic artery
d. subscapular artery
e. posterior circumflex humeral artery
Q. The cubital fossa has:
a. a floor formed by the deep fascia of the forearm
b. the median cephalic vein lying medially on its roof
c. the brachial artery medial to the tendon of the biceps
d. supinator forming part of its lateral wall
e. flexor carpi radialis longus forming its lateral wall
Q. The only carpal bone to give attached to both flexor and extensor retinacula is:
a. scaphoid
b. trapezoid
c. hamate
d. triquetral
e. pisiform
Q. In the carpal tunnel:
a. the individual tendons arising from flexor digitorum profundus are all fused, and do not separate until they reach the palm
b. the synovial sheath of flexor digitorum superficialis arises from the ulna bursa, but the sheath of profundus does not
c. the tendon for the index finger from flexor digitorum superficialis lies medial to the median nerve
d. flexor carpi radialis and flexor pollicis longus tendons share a synovial sheath
e. the tendon of flexor digitorum superficialis to the middle finger lies deep to the tendons to the little finger
Q. Structures in the anatomical snuff box include all the following EXCEPT:
a. the radial tubercle
b. the scaphoid
c. the base of the thumb metacarpal
d. the trapezium
e. the radial artery
Q. Which muscle arises in part from the scaphoid tubercle?
a. flexor pollicis brevis
b. abductor pollicis brevis
c. opponens pollicis
d. adductor pollicis
e. first palmar interossei
Q. Which of the following muscles arises, in part, from the radial collateral ligament of the elbow joint?
a. extensor carpi radialis brevis
b. supinator
c. extensor digiti minimi
d. extensor carpi ulnaris
e. extensor digitorum
Q. Which nerve is a branch of the lateral cord of the brachial plexus?
a. upper subscapular nerve
b. thoracodorsal nerve
c. musculocutaneous nerve
d. ulnar nerve
e. lower subscapular nerve
Q. The peripheral nerve arising directly from the upper trunk of the brachial plexus is the:
a. dorsal scapular
b. thoracodorsal
c. suprascapular
d. upper subscapular
e. lower subscapular
Q. The first part of the subclavian artery:
a. usually gives off no branches
b. lies behind the anterior scalene muscle
c. makes a groove in the dome of the pleura
d. is encircled by the ansa cervicalis
e. on the left lies anterior to the common carotid artery