Pelvic wall and viscera
Anatomy · Topic 48
Source: NMC CBME Curriculum 2024 · Volume I · Anatomy · Topic 48 · combined PDF page 136
Practice questions
- In the cadaveric serial-section study of the male posterior urethral region, where did the intermediate fibers of the anterior bundle of the anterior rectal longitudinal muscle terminate?
- According to the cadaveric study, the lateral fibers of the anterior bundle of the anterior rectal longitudinal muscle terminate in connective tissue posterior to which structure?
- In the described anatomical account, which structure is formed by lateral fibers of the anterior bundle of the rectal longitudinal muscle reaching posterior connective tissue of the bulbus penis?
- Which arrangement describes the location of the deep transverse perineal muscle in the male cadaveric study?
- Where did the cadaveric study report that Denonvillier’s fascia terminated?
- The cadaveric study reported that numerous slender nerves from which structure perforated the deep transverse perineal muscle?
- In the study’s proposed interpretation, the anterior bundle of rectal longitudinal muscle and the deep transverse perineal muscle together may contribute to which feature?
- A study of pelvic organ motion during maneuvers used which imaging method?
- In the prospective MR defecography cohort of asymptomatic nulligravid women, which maneuver produced the greatest landmark motion?
- Most measured pelvic landmark motion in the MR defecography study occurred along which study-defined axis?
- How did the MR defecography study define its y′ axis?
- Which pair of pelvic landmarks was explicitly recorded in the MR defecography study?
- During defecation, what pattern did the study report for the posterior vaginal fornix?
- A radiological grading system places an asymptomatic volunteer’s pelvic landmark movement within a mild-to-moderate prolapse range during evacuation. What is the most defensible interpretation based on the cited study?
- What was the size and population of the prospective cohort examining physiologic pelvic visceral motion?
- A trauma patient’s CT, obtained with a pelvic binder in place, is reported to show an intact bladder. Which finding in the cited case report illustrates why this result may not fully exclude bladder injury?
- What was the reported purpose of circumferential pressure from a pelvic binder in suspected pelvic injury?
- In the pelvic binder case report, what bony pelvic finding was described on CT?
- Which interpretation best reflects the strength of evidence for the suggestion to obtain pelvic X-rays after removing a binder, regardless of the CT report?
- Which sequence matches the diagnostic events in the binder-associated bladder injury case?
- Which statement about the pelvic binder case report is best supported?
- Which is one stated reconstructive role of pelvic flaps after extensive pelvic surgery?
- A patient with prior pelvic reconstruction has a mass-like structure on MRI. Which explanation is supported by the pelvic flap review?
- Which flap is included among commonly used pelvic reconstructive flaps in the review?
- Which pair of flaps is explicitly included among commonly used pelvic reconstructive options in the review?
- After pelvic exenteration, a reconstructive flap may help protect which operative structure according to the review?
- Which set contains only complications discussed in the pelvic flap imaging review?
- A postoperative pelvic mass-like finding is being assessed in a patient whose anatomy was altered by flap reconstruction. Which additional factor is particularly relevant to interpretation according to the review?
- Which surgical scenarios are described as settings in which pelvic flaps may be placed?