ABDOMEN/PELVIS (total: 15)

A 45-year-old golfer presents with pain and tenderness over the medial epicondyle of the humerus, and you suspect medial epicondylitis (“golfer’s elbow”). This condition involves overuse of the tendons of muscles originating from the medial epicondyle. Which muscle is least likely to be involved, as it does NOT insert onto the medial epicondyle?

You are testing elbow extension strength in a patient. Which bony landmark provides the main distal attachment for the muscle responsible for this movement?

THORAX (total: 15)

Fill in the answer: During a respiratory assessment, you locate the sternal angle to identify rib levels for auscultation. Which costal cartilage does this landmark correspond to? [BLANK-1]

Which membranous connective tissue structure, enclosing deep back muscles, contributes to lower back stability and serves as an attachment site for other lower back muscles? [BLANK-1]

A patient presents with weakness in extending the trunk after sustaining a lumbar strain while lifting a heavy object. Which muscle/muscle group is MOST likely affected?

BACK (total: 15)

Which statement correctly describes the atlanto-occipital joints?

Which is the correct attachment of the right crus of the diaphragm?