USMLE

USMLE practice questions, page 12 of 25, with answer review and explanations.

Question 56

Which of the following is not considered a major branch off of the femoral artery?

  1. Superficial pudendal arteries
  2. Deep external pudendal arteries
  3. Superficial circumflex iliac artery
  4. Deep circumflex iliac artery

Question 57

Which of the following is not considered a tributary of the portal vein?

  1. Inferior mesenteric vein
  2. Splenic vein
  3. Left gastric vein
  4. Subclavian vein

Question 58

Inside the cranial cavity the vertebral arteries form the ____ artery.

  1. Basilar
  2. Common Carotid
  3. MCA
  4. PCA

Question 59

Pulse pressure (pp) is considered the _____.

  1. Difference between the systolic and diastolic pressure
  2. The sum of the systolic and diastolic pressure
  3. The inverse of the blood pressure
  4. Half of the systolic pressure

Question 60

_____ nerves can be found joining the SA and AV nodes in the heart.

  1. Accelerator
  2. Phrenic
  3. Thoracic
  4. Gastric