A 22-year-old man is involved in a high-speed motor vehicle accident. As a result, he has extensive damage to his sphincter urethrae. Which of the following statements best explains the injured sphincter urethrae?

A 51-year-old woman presents for follow up at your Internal Medicine Clinic. You have discussed age-appropriate cancer screening with her in the past, but she has always been “too busy” and has never had any age-appropriate cancer screenings completed. However, she recently had a friend diagnosed with breast cancer, and now wants to go forward with cancer screenings. She takes no medications and has never been a cigarette smoker. You would recommend she undergo:

Ethics committees do not:

You are helping your parents look for a house in Gainesville, as they plan to move up to the area. When looking at an older home which your parents like, you ask the realtor if the house has recently been checked for radon. Puzzled, your parents ask you why should they be worried about radon. You tell them over time that exposure to radon can put people at risk for:

During a pelvic examination, an Ob/Gyn resident distinguishes a pulse adjacent to the lateral vaginal fornix. This is the pulse in the:

During a newborn examination, a pediatrician notes that a male newborn has undescended testes. The physician explains to the parents that the gubernaculum assists with testis descent during fetal development. Which of the following is the remnant of the gubernaculum in males?

A 30-year-old woman presents with a 5-day history of vaginal discharge. She describes her discharge as curd like and white. She has had some vaginal itching, and mild dysuria at times. You perform a pelvic examination and note her discharge which is not malodorous, as well as some erythema to her vaginal mucosa. A potassium hydroxide preparation shows organisms with branching hyphae. The most appropriate treatment for this condition would be:

Which of the following is not an example of medical error?

Which of the following surrounds a fascicle?

A sustained muscle contraction with no relaxation is called