Top 150+ Solved Upper Limb MCQ Questions Answer

a. there is no communication with the proximal radioulnar joint

b. the capsule is attached to the neck of the radius

c. the radial collateral ligament is made up of three bands

d. the ulnar nerve passes between the anterior and posterior bands of the ulnar collateral ligament

e. the carrying angle is greater in men

a. abductor pollicis brevis

b. flexor digiti minimi brevis

c. palmaris longus

d. opponens pollicis

e. flexor pollicis brevis

a. radial nerve

b. axillary nerve

c. median nerve

d. ulnar nerve

e. anterior interosseous nerve

a. the clavicle is longer and its curvatures more pronounced in the male

b. the articulating sternal end is covered by fibrocartilage

c. it is the first bone to ossify in the foetus

d. it has four named ligaments attached to it

e. fractures of the clavicle tend to occur between the costoclavicular and the coracoclavicular ligaments

a. “direct” muscles are inserted into the clavicle or scapula from the axial skeleton, eg pectoralis major

b. “indirect” attachment to the axial skeleton is represented by serratus anterior

c. the sternocostal fibres of pectoralis major from the 6th costal cartilage are inserted higher on the lateral lip of the intertubecular soleus than the fibres from the first cartilage

d. biceps muscle gives no stability to the shoulder joint

e. trapezius is the only muscle to be supplied by all five segments of the brachial plexus

a. lymphatic drainage from the infraclavicular nodes to apical axillary nodes

b. cephalic vein

c. lateral pectoral nerve

d. thoracoacromial artery

e. pectoralis minor

a. the thoracodorsal nerve runs posterior to the mid axillary line on serratus anterior, which it supplies

b. the axillary artery is divided into three parts by scalenus anterior

c. the lateral wall is made up of latissimus dorsi tendon, subscapularis, teres major

d. the lateral thoracic vein is connected by the thoracoepigastric vein to the superficial epigastric vein, therefore bypassing the IVC in its obstruction

e. the axillary vein commences at the upper border of teres major as a continuation of the basilic vein

a. the lateral cord lies in the axilla

b. the median nerve is the largest branch of the whole plexus

c. the roots lie within the posterior triangle of the neck

d. the ulnar nerve is a branch of the lateral cord

e. the musculocutaneous nerve is a branch of the medial cord

a. lateral thoracic artery

b. long thoracic artery

c. internal thoracic artery

d. posterior intercostal artery

e. thoracoacromial artery

a. biceps

b. brachioradialis

c. extensor carpi radialis longus

d. supinator

e. triceps

a. there are five extensor tunnel compartments

b. the extensor expansion attaches to the anterolateral border of the radius above the styloid process, and distally to the pisiform and trapezoid bones

c. the radiocarpal joint is an uniaxial synovial joint

d. there are no muscular attachments to the extensor surface of the carpus

e. the bones palpable in the anatomical snuff box are the radial styloid, triquetral, scaphoid and base of first metacarpal

a. the flexor synovial sheath is only continuous from wrist to distal phalanx in the thumb

b. the medial cutaneous nerve is the smallest nerve branch of the brachial plexus

c. the capitate bone within the carpus is the last of these to ossify

d. the pisiform bone is the first bone of the carpus to ossify

e. superficial lymphatics lie with arteries, deep lymphatics with veins

a. the main nerve supply is via cholinergic sympathetic fibres

b. the main nerve supply is via adrenergic sympathetic nerves

c. the sweat glands derive from the mesoderm

d. the normal tubular sweat glands undergo cyclical changes with the menstrual cycle

e. the highest number of sweat glands are found on the soles and palms

a. they have a rich blood supply

b. the intervertebral discs are hyaline cartilages

c. the hyaline and fibrocartilages never calcify

d. the elastic cartilage never calcifies

e. the commonest cartilage type is elastic cartilage

a. the cardiac muscle is more powerful than the other two muscle types

b. the skeletal muscle fibre is spindle shaped

c. the smooth muscles do not have actin and myosin

d. the skeletal muscle contraction causes peristalsis in the GI tract and ureter

e. the cardiac muscle is short, branched, mononuclear and a striated muscle